#FDC174#FDC174

#FDC174 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.117 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC174
RGB	rgb(253, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(34, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(34, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 54.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, 12.95, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 48.49, 74.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% 0.036 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.117 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.7335, 60.2877, 24.8521)
Luminance	0.6028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC174 #74B0FD

analogous

#FD7D74 #FDC174 #F4FD74

triadic

#FDC174 #74FDC1 #C174FD

tetradic

#FDC174 #74FD7D #74B0FD #FD74F4

square

#FDC174 #74FD7D #74B0FD #FD74F4

split-complementary

#FDC174 #74F4FD #7D74FD

monochromatic

#F38A03 #FCA638 #FDC174 #FEDCB0 #FFF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FDC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#FDC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC174

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC174	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.117 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd39d',
    500: '#fdc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc174;
$custom-light: #ffd39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.723,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84958,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC174

secondary

#3B81DA

accent

#65E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC174

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

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