#FFE59C#FFE59C

#FFE59C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.096 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE59C
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 156)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -1.01, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 38.86, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.69% -0.0011 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(92.69% 0.096 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.2618, 79.7016, 42.8655)
Luminance	0.7970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE59C #9CB6FF

analogous

#FFB39C #FFE59C #E8FF9C

triadic

#FFE59C #9CFFE5 #E59CFF

tetradic

#FFE59C #9CFFB3 #9CB6FF #FF9CE8

square

#FFE59C #9CFFB3 #9CB6FF #FF9CE8

split-complementary

#FFE59C #9CE8FF #B39CFF

monochromatic

#FFC522 #FFD55F #FFE59C #FFF5D9 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#FFE59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE59C

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE59C	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.096 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedba',
    500: '#ffe59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe59c;
$custom-light: #ffedba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.242,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92689,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE59C

secondary

#5D80E2

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE59C

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

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