#FFC459#FFC459

#FFC459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.140 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC459
RGB	rgb(255, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, 10.34, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 61.15, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% 0.0248 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.14 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.7868, 61.4655, 18.0063)
Luminance	0.6146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC459 #5994FF

analogous

#FF7159 #FFC459 #E7FF59

triadic

#FFC459 #59FFC4 #C459FF

tetradic

#FFC459 #59FF71 #5994FF #FF59E7

square

#FFC459 #59FF71 #5994FF #FF59E7

split-complementary

#FFC459 #59E7FF #7159FF

monochromatic

#DE8F00 #FFAE1C #FFC459 #FFDA96 #FFF0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FFC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#FFC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC459

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC459	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.140 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd58c',
    500: '#ffc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc459;
$custom-light: #ffd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.675,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85407,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC459

secondary

#2665D6

accent

#52E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC459

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

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