#FFD99C#FFD99C

#FFD99C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.088 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD99C
RGB	rgb(255, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(37, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(37, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, 5.11, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 35.34, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% 0.0167 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.088 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.0555, 73.2892, 41.7968)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD99C #9CC2FF

analogous

#FFA79C #FFD99C #F3FF9C

triadic

#FFD99C #9CFFD9 #D99CFF

tetradic

#FFD99C #9CFFA7 #9CC2FF #FF9CF3

square

#FFD99C #9CFFA7 #9CC2FF #FF9CF3

split-complementary

#FFD99C #9CF3FF #A79CFF

monochromatic

#FFAA22 #FFC25F #FFD99C #FFF0D9 #FFF3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#FFD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD99C

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD99C	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.088 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b9',
    500: '#ffd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd99c;
$custom-light: #ffe4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.97,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90355,
    "c": 0.08829,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD99C

secondary

#5D90E2

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD99C

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

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