Light Orange#FDAA48

#FDAA48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.147 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Light Orange — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FDAA48
RGB	rgb(253, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(32, 98%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 71.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, 22.18, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 64.67, 69.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0575 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.147 67)
XYZ	xyz(56.0566, 50.1051, 12.8486)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDAA48 #489BFD

analogous

#FD4F48 #FDAA48 #F6FD48

triadic

#FDAA48 #48FDAA #AA48FD

tetradic

#FDAA48 #48FD4F #489BFD #FD48F6

square

#FDAA48 #48FD4F #489BFD #FD48F6

split-complementary

#FDAA48 #48F6FD #4F48FD

monochromatic

#C86E02 #FC8E0B #FDAA48 #FEC685 #FEE2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#FDAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#FDAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDAA48

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDAA48	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc380',
    500: '#fdaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdaa48;
$custom-light: #ffc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.486,
    "s": 97.838,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80242,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDAA48

secondary

#256EC4

accent

#69E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19120A

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDAA48

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

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