#FFC799#FFC799

#FFC799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.088 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC799
RGB	rgb(255, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(27, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(27, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, 14.10, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 33.76, 65.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% 0.043 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.088 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.4155, 64.4105, 39.0124)
Luminance	0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC799 #99D1FF

analogous

#FF999E #FFC799 #FFFA99

triadic

#FFC799 #99FFC7 #C799FF

tetradic

#FFC799 #9EFF99 #99D1FF #FA99FF

square

#FFC799 #9EFF99 #99D1FF #FA99FF

split-complementary

#FFC799 #99FFFA #999EFF

monochromatic

#FF841F #FFA55C #FFC799 #FFE9D6 #FFEEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#FFC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#FFC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC799

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC799	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.088 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd8b7',
    500: '#ffc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc799;
$custom-light: #ffd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.059,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86889,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC799

secondary

#5AA5E2

accent

#7EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC799

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

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