#FEE59F#FEE59F

#FEE59F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.092 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE59F
RGB	rgb(254, 229, 159)
HSL	hsl(44, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(44, 37%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 37.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -1.06, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 37.29, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(92.65% -0.001 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(92.65% 0.092 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.1519, 79.6153, 44.2028)
Luminance	0.7961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE59F #9FB8FE

analogous

#FEB59F #FEE59F #E7FE9F

triadic

#FEE59F #9FFEE5 #E59FFE

tetradic

#FEE59F #9FFEB5 #9FB8FE #FE9FE7

square

#FEE59F #9FFEB5 #9FB8FE #FE9FE7

split-complementary

#FEE59F #9FE7FE #B59FFE

monochromatic

#FDC426 #FDD562 #FEE59F #FFF5DC #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FEE59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#FEE59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE59F

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE59F	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 229, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.092 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedbc',
    500: '#fee59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee59f;
$custom-light: #ffedbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 97.938,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92653,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE59F

secondary

#6082E1

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE59F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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