#FDC172#FDC172

#FDC172 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.119 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC172
RGB	rgb(253, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(34, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(34, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 54.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, 12.79, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 49.37, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% 0.0353 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.119 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.6185, 60.2417, 24.2460)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC172 #72AEFD

analogous

#FD7C72 #FDC172 #F3FD72

triadic

#FDC172 #72FDC1 #C172FD

tetradic

#FDC172 #72FD7C #72AEFD #FD72F3

square

#FDC172 #72FD7C #72AEFD #FD72F3

split-complementary

#FDC172 #72F3FD #7C72FD

monochromatic

#F18B03 #FCA636 #FDC172 #FEDCAE #FFF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FDC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#FDC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC172

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC172	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.119 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd39c',
    500: '#fdc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc172;
$custom-light: #ffd39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.101,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8493,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC172

secondary

#3A7FD9

accent

#63E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC172

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

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