#FFD799#FFD799

#FFD799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.090 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD799
RGB	rgb(255, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, 5.81, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 36.26, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% 0.0186 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.09 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.2922, 72.1640, 40.3046)
Luminance	0.7216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD799 #99C1FF

analogous

#FFA499 #FFD799 #F4FF99

triadic

#FFD799 #99FFD7 #D799FF

tetradic

#FFD799 #99FFA4 #99C1FF #FF99F4

square

#FFD799 #99FFA4 #99C1FF #FF99F4

split-complementary

#FFD799 #99F4FF #A499FF

monochromatic

#FFA71F #FFBF5C #FFD799 #FFEFD6 #FFF3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FFD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#FFD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD799

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD799	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.090 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe3b7',
    500: '#ffd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd799;
$custom-light: #ffe3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89917,
    "c": 0.09044,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD799

secondary

#5A8FE2

accent

#5AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD799

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

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