#FFC599#FFC599

#FFC599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.088 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC599
RGB	rgb(255, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(26, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(26, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, 15.14, 30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 33.64, 63.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% 0.0461 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.088 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.9583, 63.4962, 38.8600)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC599 #99D3FF

analogous

#FF99A0 #FFC599 #FFF899

triadic

#FFC599 #99FFC5 #C599FF

tetradic

#FFC599 #A0FF99 #99D3FF #F899FF

square

#FFC599 #A0FF99 #99D3FF #F899FF

split-complementary

#FFC599 #99FFF8 #99A0FF

monochromatic

#FF7F1F #FFA25C #FFC599 #FFE8D6 #FFEEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FFC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#FFC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC599

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC599	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.088 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd6b7',
    500: '#ffc599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc599;
$custom-light: #ffd6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.882,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86518,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC599

secondary

#5AA7E2

accent

#83E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC599

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

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