#FFE59B#FFE59B

#FFE59B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.097 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE59B
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 155)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 39.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.54, -1.11, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.54, 39.35, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.67% -0.0015 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(92.67% 0.097 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.1774, 79.6679, 42.4214)
Luminance	0.7966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE59B #9BB5FF

analogous

#FFB39B #FFE59B #E7FF9B

triadic

#FFE59B #9BFFE5 #E59BFF

tetradic

#FFE59B #9BFFB3 #9BB5FF #FF9BE7

square

#FFE59B #9BFFB3 #9BB5FF #FF9BE7

split-complementary

#FFE59B #9BE7FF #B39BFF

monochromatic

#FFC521 #FFD55E #FFE59B #FFF5D8 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#FFE59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE59B

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE59B	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)

#F5E296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.097 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb9',
    500: '#ffe59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe59b;
$custom-light: #ffedb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92672,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE59B

secondary

#5C7FE2

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE59B

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

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