#FDC261#FDC261

#FDC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.132 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC261
RGB	rgb(253, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 98%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 61.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, 11.04, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 56.98, 78.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% 0.028 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.132 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9610, 60.3336, 19.6890)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC261 #619CFD

analogous

#FD7461 #FDC261 #EAFD61

triadic

#FDC261 #61FDC2 #C261FD

tetradic

#FDC261 #61FD74 #619CFD #FD61EA

square

#FDC261 #61FD74 #619CFD #FD61EA

split-complementary

#FDC261 #61EAFD #7461FD

monochromatic

#E18D03 #FCAB25 #FDC261 #FED99D #FFF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FDC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#FDC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC261

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC261	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.132 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd491',
    500: '#fdc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc261;
$custom-light: #ffd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.308,
    "s": 97.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84908,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC261

secondary

#2B6CD7

accent

#57E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC261

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

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