#FFB499#FFB499

#FFB499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.096 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB499
RGB	rgb(255, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(16, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(16, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 24.04, 24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 34.45, 45.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% 0.0726 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.096 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3136, 56.2067, 37.6451)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB499 #99E4FF

analogous

#FF99B1 #FFB499 #FFE799

triadic

#FFB499 #99FFB4 #B499FF

tetradic

#FFB499 #B1FF99 #99E4FF #E799FF

square

#FFB499 #B1FF99 #99E4FF #E799FF

split-complementary

#FFB499 #99FFE7 #99B1FF

monochromatic

#FF5A1F #FF875C #FFB499 #FFE1D6 #FFE8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#FFB499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#FFB499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB499

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB499	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.096 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcab7',
    500: '#ffb499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb499;
$custom-light: #ffcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.882,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83432,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB499

secondary

#5ABEE2

accent

#A9E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB499

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

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