#FFE59A#FFE59A

#FFE59A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.098 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE59A
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 154)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 39.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.52, -1.22, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.52, 39.83, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0019 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.098 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.0938, 79.6345, 41.9810)
Luminance	0.7963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE59A #9AB4FF

analogous

#FFB29A #FFE59A #E7FF9A

triadic

#FFE59A #9AFFE5 #E59AFF

tetradic

#FFE59A #9AFFB2 #9AB4FF #FF9AE7

square

#FFE59A #9AFFB2 #9AB4FF #FF9AE7

split-complementary

#FFE59A #9AE7FF #B29AFF

monochromatic

#FFC520 #FFD55D #FFE59A #FFF5D7 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#FFE59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE59A

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE59A	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.098 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb8',
    500: '#ffe59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe59a;
$custom-light: #ffedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92655,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE59A

secondary

#5B7EE2

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE59A

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

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