#FFAD59#FFAD59

#FFAD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.138 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAD59
RGB	rgb(255, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, 22.33, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 58.68, 67.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0601 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.138 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9908, 51.8735, 16.4077)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAD59 #59ABFF

analogous

#FF5A59 #FFAD59 #FEFF59

triadic

#FFAD59 #59FFAD #AD59FF

tetradic

#FFAD59 #59FF5A #59ABFF #FF59FE

square

#FFAD59 #59FF5A #59ABFF #FF59FE

split-complementary

#FFAD59 #59FEFF #5A59FF

monochromatic

#DE7000 #FF8F1C #FFAD59 #FFCB96 #FFE9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FFAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#FFAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAD59

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAD59	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.138 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc58b',
    500: '#ffad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffad59;
$custom-light: #ffc58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.361,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81173,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAD59

secondary

#267DD6

accent

#71E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAD59

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

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