#FFCC55#FFCC55

#FFCC55 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.145 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCC55
RGB	rgb(255, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, 5.98, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 64.34, 84.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% 0.0116 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.145 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.4762, 65.1058, 17.7633)
Luminance	0.6510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCC55 #5588FF

analogous

#FF7755 #FFCC55 #DDFF55

triadic

#FFCC55 #55FFCC #CC55FF

tetradic

#FFCC55 #55FF77 #5588FF #FF55DD

square

#FFCC55 #55FF77 #5588FF #FF55DD

split-complementary

#FFCC55 #55DDFF #7755FF

monochromatic

#DA9800 #FFBA18 #FFCC55 #FFDE92 #FFF1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#FFCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#FFCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCC55

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCC55	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.145 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb8a',
    500: '#ffcc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcc55;
$custom-light: #ffdb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86895,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCC55

secondary

#2559D3

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCC55

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

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