#FFD259#FFD259

#FFD259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.145 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD259
RGB	rgb(255, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, 3.12, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 64.04, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% 0.0038 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.145 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.0932, 68.0784, 19.1085)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD259 #5986FF

analogous

#FF7F59 #FFD259 #D9FF59

triadic

#FFD259 #59FFD2 #D259FF

tetradic

#FFD259 #59FF7F #5986FF #FF59D9

square

#FFD259 #59FF7F #5986FF #FF59D9

split-complementary

#FFD259 #59D9FF #7F59FF

monochromatic

#DEA200 #FFC11C #FFD259 #FFE396 #FFF3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FFD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#FFD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD259

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD259	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.145 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf8d',
    500: '#ffd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd259;
$custom-light: #ffdf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.735,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88092,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD259

secondary

#2656D6

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD259

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

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