#FFDE99#FFDE99

#FFDE99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.094 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE99
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(41, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, 2.23, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 38.11, 86.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% 0.0081 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.094 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.1129, 75.8055, 40.9115)
Luminance	0.7580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE99 #99BAFF

analogous

#FFAB99 #FFDE99 #EDFF99

triadic

#FFDE99 #99FFDE #DE99FF

tetradic

#FFDE99 #99FFAB #99BAFF #FF99ED

square

#FFDE99 #99FFAB #99BAFF #FF99ED

split-complementary

#FFDE99 #99EDFF #AB99FF

monochromatic

#FFB61F #FFCA5C #FFDE99 #FFF2D6 #FFF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FFDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE99

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE99	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.094 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8b7',
    500: '#ffde99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde99;
$custom-light: #ffe8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9127,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE99

secondary

#5A86E2

accent

#4AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE99

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

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