#FFE59D#FFE59D

#FFE59D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.095 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE59D
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 157)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(44, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 38.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -0.90, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 38.38, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(92.71% -0.0007 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(92.71% 0.095 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.3468, 79.7356, 43.3133)
Luminance	0.7973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE59D #9DB7FF

analogous

#FFB49D #FFE59D #E8FF9D

triadic

#FFE59D #9DFFE5 #E59DFF

tetradic

#FFE59D #9DFFB4 #9DB7FF #FF9DE8

square

#FFE59D #9DFFB4 #9DB7FF #FF9DE8

split-complementary

#FFE59D #9DE8FF #B49DFF

monochromatic

#FFC523 #FFD560 #FFE59D #FFF5DA #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FFE59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE59D

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE59D	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.095 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedba',
    500: '#ffe59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe59d;
$custom-light: #ffedba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92706,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE59D

secondary

#5E81E3

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE59D

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

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