#FFCD57#FFCD57

#FFCD57 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.144 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCD57
RGB	rgb(255, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, 5.57, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 63.73, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% 0.0107 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.144 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.7952, 65.6149, 18.2671)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCD57 #5789FF

analogous

#FF7957 #FFCD57 #DDFF57

triadic

#FFCD57 #57FFCD #CD57FF

tetradic

#FFCD57 #57FF79 #5789FF #FF57DD

square

#FFCD57 #57FF79 #5789FF #FF57DD

split-complementary

#FFCD57 #57DDFF #7957FF

monochromatic

#DC9A00 #FFBB1A #FFCD57 #FFDF94 #FFF1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#FFCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#FFCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCD57

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCD57	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)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.144 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdc8b',
    500: '#ffcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcd57;
$custom-light: #ffdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.143,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87106,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCD57

secondary

#265AD5

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCD57

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

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