#FFC179#FFC179

#FFC179 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.114 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC179
RGB	rgb(255, 193, 121)
HSL	hsl(32, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(32, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, 14.16, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 46.81, 72.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% 0.0401 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.114 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.7643, 60.7847, 26.4596)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC179 #79B7FF

analogous

#FF7E79 #FFC179 #FAFF79

triadic

#FFC179 #79FFC1 #C179FF

tetradic

#FFC179 #79FF7E #79B7FF #FF79FA

square

#FFC179 #79FF7E #79B7FF #FF79FA

split-complementary

#FFC179 #79FAFF #7E79FF

monochromatic

#FE8800 #FFA53C #FFC179 #FFDDB6 #FFF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FFC179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#FFC179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC179

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC179	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 193, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.114 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd3a1',
    500: '#ffc179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc179;
$custom-light: #ffd3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.239,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85235,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC179

secondary

#3F88DD

accent

#6AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC179

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

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