#FFC859#FFC859

#FFC859 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.141 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC859
RGB	rgb(255, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, 8.27, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 61.88, 82.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% 0.0188 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.141 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7011, 63.2941, 18.3111)
Luminance	0.6329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC859 #5990FF

analogous

#FF7559 #FFC859 #E3FF59

triadic

#FFC859 #59FFC8 #C859FF

tetradic

#FFC859 #59FF75 #5990FF #FF59E3

square

#FFC859 #59FF75 #5990FF #FF59E3

split-complementary

#FFC859 #59E3FF #7559FF

monochromatic

#DE9400 #FFB41C #FFC859 #FFDC96 #FFF1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FFC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#FFC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC859

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC859	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.141 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd88c',
    500: '#ffc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc859;
$custom-light: #ffd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.12,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86166,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC859

secondary

#2660D6

accent

#4CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC859

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

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