#FFCE59#FFCE59

#FFCE59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.143 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCE59
RGB	rgb(255, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, 5.17, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 63.12, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% 0.0098 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.143 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.1180, 66.1280, 18.7834)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCE59 #598AFF

analogous

#FF7B59 #FFCE59 #DDFF59

triadic

#FFCE59 #59FFCE #CE59FF

tetradic

#FFCE59 #59FF7B #598AFF #FF59DD

square

#FFCE59 #59FF7B #598AFF #FF59DD

split-complementary

#FFCE59 #59DDFF #7B59FF

monochromatic

#DE9C00 #FFBC1C #FFCE59 #FFE096 #FFF2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#FFCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#FFCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCE59

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCE59	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.143 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdc8d',
    500: '#ffce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffce59;
$custom-light: #ffdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.289,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87318,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCE59

secondary

#265AD6

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCE59

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

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