#FFE59F#FFE59F

#FFE59F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.092 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE59F
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 159)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(44, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 37.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -0.68, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 37.41, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(92.74% 0 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(92.74% 0.092 90)
XYZ	xyz(75.5189, 79.8045, 44.2200)
Luminance	0.7980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE59F #9FB9FF

analogous

#FFB59F #FFE59F #E9FF9F

triadic

#FFE59F #9FFFE5 #E59FFF

tetradic

#FFE59F #9FFFB5 #9FB9FF #FF9FE9

square

#FFE59F #9FFFB5 #9FB9FF #FF9FE9

split-complementary

#FFE59F #9FE9FF #B59FFF

monochromatic

#FFC425 #FFD462 #FFE59F #FFF6DC #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#FFE59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE59F

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE59F	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.092 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedbc',
    500: '#ffe59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe59f;
$custom-light: #ffedbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92741,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.79802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE59F

secondary

#5F83E3

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE59F

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

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