Orangey Yellow#FDB915

#FDB915 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.168 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Orangey Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FDB915
RGB	rgb(253, 185, 21)
HSL	hsl(42, 98%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 92%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 91.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, 12.85, 79.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 80.41, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% 0.0256 0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.168 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9967, 55.6395, 8.3943)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDB915 #1559FD

analogous

#FD4515 #FDB915 #CDFD15

triadic

#FDB915 #15FDB9 #B915FD

tetradic

#FDB915 #15FD45 #1559FD #FD15CD

square

#FDB915 #15FD45 #1559FD #FD15CD

split-complementary

#FDB915 #15CDFD #4515FD

monochromatic

#966B01 #D39602 #FDB915 #FECB52 #FEDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#FDB915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#FDB915 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDB915

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDB915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDB915	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CC23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdb915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 185, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.168 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcd6b',
    500: '#fdb915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdb915;
$custom-light: #ffcd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdb915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 98.305,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82719,
    "c": 0.16756,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDB915

secondary

#1C419A

accent

#68FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#1A1308

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDB915

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

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