#FFCD55#FFCD55

#FFCD55 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.146 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCD55
RGB	rgb(255, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, 5.46, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 64.55, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% 0.0101 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.146 86)
XYZ	xyz(64.7146, 65.5827, 17.8427)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCD55 #5587FF

analogous

#FF7855 #FFCD55 #DCFF55

triadic

#FFCD55 #55FFCD #CD55FF

tetradic

#FFCD55 #55FF78 #5587FF #FF55DC

square

#FFCD55 #55FF78 #5587FF #FF55DC

split-complementary

#FFCD55 #55DCFF #7855FF

monochromatic

#DA9A00 #FFBB18 #FFCD55 #FFDF92 #FFF1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#FFCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#FFCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCD55

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCD55	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.146 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb8a',
    500: '#ffcd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcd55;
$custom-light: #ffdb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87088,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.65579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCD55

secondary

#2558D3

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCD55

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

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