#FFE59E#FFE59E

#FFE59E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.094 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE59E
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 158)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(44, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 38%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.58, -0.79, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.58, 37.89, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.72% -0.0003 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(92.72% 0.094 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.4325, 79.7699, 43.7648)
Luminance	0.7977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE59E #9EB8FF

analogous

#FFB49E #FFE59E #E8FF9E

triadic

#FFE59E #9EFFE5 #E59EFF

tetradic

#FFE59E #9EFFB4 #9EB8FF #FF9EE8

square

#FFE59E #9EFFB4 #9EB8FF #FF9EE8

split-complementary

#FFE59E #9EE8FF #B49EFF

monochromatic

#FFC424 #FFD561 #FFE59E #FFF5DB #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FFE59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE59E

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE59E	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)

#F4E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.094 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedbb',
    500: '#ffe59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe59e;
$custom-light: #ffedbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.918,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92723,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE59E

secondary

#5F82E3

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE59E

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

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