#FFD599#FFD599

#FFD599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.090 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD599
RGB	rgb(255, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(35, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(35, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, 6.84, 35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 35.81, 78.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% 0.0216 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.09 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.7861, 71.1517, 40.1359)
Luminance	0.7115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD599 #99C3FF

analogous

#FFA299 #FFD599 #F6FF99

triadic

#FFD599 #99FFD5 #D599FF

tetradic

#FFD599 #99FFA2 #99C3FF #FF99F6

square

#FFD599 #99FFA2 #99C3FF #FF99F6

split-complementary

#FFD599 #99F6FF #A299FF

monochromatic

#FFA31F #FFBC5C #FFD599 #FFEED6 #FFF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FFD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#FFD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD599

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD599	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.090 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b7',
    500: '#ffd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd599;
$custom-light: #ffe1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89533,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD599

secondary

#5A92E2

accent

#5FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD599

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

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