#FFD156#FFD156

#FFD156 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.147 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD156
RGB	rgb(255, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, 3.46, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 65.04, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% 0.0045 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.147 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.7237, 67.5368, 18.3765)
Luminance	0.6753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD156 #5684FF

analogous

#FF7D56 #FFD156 #D8FF56

triadic

#FFD156 #56FFD1 #D156FF

tetradic

#FFD156 #56FF7D #5684FF #FF56D8

square

#FFD156 #56FF7D #5684FF #FF56D8

split-complementary

#FFD156 #56D8FF #7D56FF

monochromatic

#DB9F00 #FFC019 #FFD156 #FFE293 #FFF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FFD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#FFD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD156

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD156	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.147 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde8b',
    500: '#ffd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd156;
$custom-light: #ffde8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.669,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87871,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD156

secondary

#2555D4

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD156

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

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