#FDB499#FDB499

#FDB499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.093 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDB499
RGB	rgb(253, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(16, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(16, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 39.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, 23.27, 24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 33.69, 46.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% 0.0704 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.093 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.5815, 55.8293, 37.6108)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDB499 #99E2FD

analogous

#FD99B0 #FDB499 #FDE699

triadic

#FDB499 #99FDB4 #B499FD

tetradic

#FDB499 #B0FD99 #99E2FD #E699FD

square

#FDB499 #B0FD99 #99E2FD #E699FD

split-complementary

#FDB499 #99FDE6 #99B0FD

monochromatic

#FB5C21 #FC885D #FDB499 #FEE0D5 #FEE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#FDB499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#FDB499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDB499

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDB499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDB499	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdb499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.093 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcab7',
    500: '#fdb499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdb499;
$custom-light: #ffcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdb499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.2,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83218,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDB499

secondary

#5BBBDF

accent

#A8E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDB499

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

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