#FDC178#FDC178

#FDC178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.114 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC178
RGB	rgb(253, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(33, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 52.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, 13.27, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 46.72, 73.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% 0.0375 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.114 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.9712, 60.3828, 26.1040)
Luminance	0.6038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC178 #78B4FD

analogous

#FD7E78 #FDC178 #F7FD78

triadic

#FDC178 #78FDC1 #C178FD

tetradic

#FDC178 #78FD7E #78B4FD #FD78F7

square

#FDC178 #78FD7E #78B4FD #FD78F7

split-complementary

#FDC178 #78F7FD #7E78FD

monochromatic

#F78904 #FCA53C #FDC178 #FEDDB4 #FFF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FDC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#FDC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC178

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC178	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.114 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd3a0',
    500: '#fdc178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc178;
$custom-light: #ffd3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.932,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85015,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC178

secondary

#3F85DA

accent

#68E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC178

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

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