#FDB959#FDB959

#FDB959 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDB959
RGB	rgb(253, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 98%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 64.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, 15.24, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 59.09, 75.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% 0.0393 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.136 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6639, 56.3064, 17.1751)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDB959 #599DFD

analogous

#FD6759 #FDB959 #EFFD59

triadic

#FDB959 #59FDB9 #B959FD

tetradic

#FDB959 #59FD67 #599DFD #FD59EF

square

#FDB959 #59FD67 #599DFD #FD59EF

split-complementary

#FDB959 #59EFFD #6759FD

monochromatic

#D98003 #FCA01D #FDB959 #FED395 #FEECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#FDB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#FDB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDB959

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDB959	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcd8b',
    500: '#fdb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdb959;
$custom-light: #ffcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.122,
    "s": 97.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83137,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDB959

secondary

#286FD3

accent

#5FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDB959

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

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