#FFD159#FFD159

#FFD159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.145 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD159
RGB	rgb(255, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, 3.63, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 63.81, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% 0.0053 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.145 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.8471, 67.5862, 19.0265)
Luminance	0.6758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD159 #5987FF

analogous

#FF7E59 #FFD159 #DAFF59

triadic

#FFD159 #59FFD1 #D159FF

tetradic

#FFD159 #59FF7E #5987FF #FF59DA

square

#FFD159 #59FF7E #5987FF #FF59DA

split-complementary

#FFD159 #59DAFF #7E59FF

monochromatic

#DEA000 #FFC01C #FFD159 #FFE296 #FFF3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FFD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#FFD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD159

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD159	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.145 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde8d',
    500: '#ffd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd159;
$custom-light: #ffde8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.373,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87898,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD159

secondary

#2657D6

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD159

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

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