#FDC278#FDC278

#FDC278 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.114 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC278
RGB	rgb(253, 194, 120)
HSL	hsl(33, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 52.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, 12.75, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 46.86, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% 0.0359 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.114 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1930, 60.8264, 26.1779)
Luminance	0.6082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC278 #78B3FD

analogous

#FD7F78 #FDC278 #F6FD78

triadic

#FDC278 #78FDC2 #C278FD

tetradic

#FDC278 #78FD7F #78B3FD #FD78F6

square

#FDC278 #78FD7F #78B3FD #FD78F6

split-complementary

#FDC278 #78F6FD #7F78FD

monochromatic

#F78B04 #FCA73C #FDC278 #FEDDB4 #FFF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FDC278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#FDC278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC278

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC278	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 194, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.114 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd4a0',
    500: '#fdc278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc278;
$custom-light: #ffd4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.383,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85202,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC278

secondary

#3F84DA

accent

#66E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC278

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

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