#FFC259#FFC259

#FFC259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.139 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC259
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, 11.37, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 60.82, 79.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% 0.0278 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.139 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3387, 60.5693, 17.8570)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC259 #5996FF

analogous

#FF6F59 #FFC259 #E9FF59

triadic

#FFC259 #59FFC2 #C259FF

tetradic

#FFC259 #59FF6F #5996FF #FF59E9

square

#FFC259 #59FF6F #5996FF #FF59E9

split-complementary

#FFC259 #59E9FF #6F59FF

monochromatic

#DE8C00 #FFAC1C #FFC259 #FFD896 #FFEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FFC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#FFC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC259

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC259	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.139 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd48c',
    500: '#ffc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc259;
$custom-light: #ffd48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.952,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85029,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC259

secondary

#2667D6

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC259

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

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