#FDC161#FDC161

#FDC161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.132 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC161
RGB	rgb(253, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 98%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 61.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 11.56, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 56.82, 78.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% 0.0296 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.132 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7392, 59.8900, 19.6151)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC161 #619DFD

analogous

#FD7361 #FDC161 #EBFD61

triadic

#FDC161 #61FDC1 #C161FD

tetradic

#FDC161 #61FD73 #619DFD #FD61EB

square

#FDC161 #61FD73 #619DFD #FD61EB

split-complementary

#FDC161 #61EBFD #7361FD

monochromatic

#E18B03 #FCA925 #FDC161 #FED99D #FFF0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FDC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#FDC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC161

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC161	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.132 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd391',
    500: '#fdc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc161;
$custom-light: #ffd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 97.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84719,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC161

secondary

#2B6DD7

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC161

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

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