#FDC179#FDC179

#FDC179 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.113 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC179
RGB	rgb(253, 193, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(33, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, 13.36, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 46.28, 73.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% 0.0378 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.113 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.0322, 60.4072, 26.4253)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC179 #79B5FD

analogous

#FD7F79 #FDC179 #F7FD79

triadic

#FDC179 #79FDC1 #C179FD

tetradic

#FDC179 #79FD7F #79B5FD #FD79F7

square

#FDC179 #79FD7F #79B5FD #FD79F7

split-complementary

#FDC179 #79F7FD #7F79FD

monochromatic

#F88904 #FCA53D #FDC179 #FEDDB5 #FFF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FDC179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#FDC179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC179

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC179	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)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 193, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.113 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd3a1',
    500: '#fdc179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc179;
$custom-light: #ffd3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85029,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC179

secondary

#4086DA

accent

#68E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC179

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

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