#FDC162#FDC162

#FDC162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.131 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC162
RGB	rgb(253, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, 11.63, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 56.39, 78.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% 0.0299 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.131 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7861, 59.9087, 19.8622)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC162 #629EFD

analogous

#FD7462 #FDC162 #ECFD62

triadic

#FDC162 #62FDC1 #C162FD

tetradic

#FDC162 #62FD74 #629EFD #FD62EC

square

#FDC162 #62FD74 #629EFD #FD62EC

split-complementary

#FDC162 #62ECFD #7462FD

monochromatic

#E28B03 #FCA926 #FDC162 #FED99E #FFF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FDC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#FDC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC162

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC162	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)

#D8C359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.131 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd391',
    500: '#fdc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc162;
$custom-light: #ffd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8473,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC162

secondary

#2C6ED7

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC162

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

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