#FFBC59#FFBC59

#FFBC59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.138 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFBC59
RGB	rgb(255, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, 14.50, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 59.95, 76.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% 0.037 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.138 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.0302, 57.9523, 17.4208)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFBC59 #599CFF

analogous

#FF6959 #FFBC59 #EFFF59

triadic

#FFBC59 #59FFBC #BC59FF

tetradic

#FFBC59 #59FF69 #599CFF #FF59EF

square

#FFBC59 #59FF69 #599CFF #FF59EF

split-complementary

#FFBC59 #59EFFF #6959FF

monochromatic

#DE8400 #FFA31C #FFBC59 #FFD596 #FFEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#FFBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#FFBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFBC59

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFBC59	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.138 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd08c',
    500: '#ffbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffbc59;
$custom-light: #ffd08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.783,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83907,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFBC59

secondary

#266DD6

accent

#5DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFBC59

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

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