#FDC15D#FDC15D

#FDC15D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.135 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC15D
RGB	rgb(253, 193, 93)
HSL	hsl(38, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 63.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, 11.31, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 58.53, 78.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% 0.0283 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.135 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5573, 59.8172, 18.6575)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC15D #5D99FD

analogous

#FD715D #FDC15D #E9FD5D

triadic

#FDC15D #5DFDC1 #C15DFD

tetradic

#FDC15D #5DFD71 #5D99FD #FD5DE9

square

#FDC15D #5DFD71 #5D99FD #FD5DE9

split-complementary

#FDC15D #5DE9FD #715DFD

monochromatic

#DD8B03 #FCAA21 #FDC15D #FED899 #FEEFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FDC15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#FDC15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC15D

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC15D	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 193, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.135 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd38e',
    500: '#fdc15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc15d;
$custom-light: #ffd38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 97.561,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84675,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC15D

secondary

#2869D6

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC15D

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

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