#FFE599#FFE599

#FFE599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.099 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE599
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -1.33, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 40.32, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(92.64% -0.0023 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(92.64% 0.099 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.0109, 79.6013, 41.5442)
Luminance	0.7960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE599 #99B3FF

analogous

#FFB299 #FFE599 #E6FF99

triadic

#FFE599 #99FFE5 #E599FF

tetradic

#FFE599 #99FFB2 #99B3FF #FF99E6

square

#FFE599 #99FFB2 #99B3FF #FF99E6

split-complementary

#FFE599 #99E6FF #B299FF

monochromatic

#FFC61F #FFD55C #FFE599 #FFF5D6 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#FFE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE599

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE599	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.099 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb8',
    500: '#ffe599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe599;
$custom-light: #ffedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92639,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE599

secondary

#5A7DE2

accent

#3AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE599

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

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