#FDC255#FDC255

#FDC255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.141 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC255
RGB	rgb(253, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 66.4%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, 10.32, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 62.05, 80.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% 0.0244 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.141 80)
XYZ	xyz(61.4432, 60.1265, 16.9620)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC255 #5590FD

analogous

#FD6E55 #FDC255 #E4FD55

triadic

#FDC255 #55FDC2 #C255FD

tetradic

#FDC255 #55FD6E #5590FD #FD55E4

square

#FDC255 #55FD6E #5590FD #FD55E4

split-complementary

#FDC255 #55E4FD #6E55FD

monochromatic

#D58B03 #FCAC19 #FDC255 #FED891 #FEEDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FDC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#FDC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC255

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC255	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.141 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd489',
    500: '#fdc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc255;
$custom-light: #ffd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.929,
    "s": 97.674,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84784,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.60122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC255

secondary

#2762CF

accent

#51E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC255

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

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