#FFCD59#FFCD59

#FFCD59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.143 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCD59
RGB	rgb(255, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, 5.69, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 62.90, 84.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% 0.0113 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.143 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.8781, 65.6480, 18.7034)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCD59 #598BFF

analogous

#FF7A59 #FFCD59 #DEFF59

triadic

#FFCD59 #59FFCD #CD59FF

tetradic

#FFCD59 #59FF7A #598BFF #FF59DE

square

#FFCD59 #59FF7A #598BFF #FF59DE

split-complementary

#FFCD59 #59DEFF #7A59FF

monochromatic

#DE9B00 #FFBB1C #FFCD59 #FFDF96 #FFF2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#FFCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#FFCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCD59

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCD59	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.143 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdc8d',
    500: '#ffcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcd59;
$custom-light: #ffdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.928,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87125,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCD59

secondary

#265BD6

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCD59

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

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