#FDC461#FDC461

#FDC461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.133 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC461
RGB	rgb(253, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 98%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 61.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, 10.01, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 57.33, 79.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% 0.025 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.133 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4091, 61.2298, 19.8384)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC461 #619AFD

analogous

#FD7661 #FDC461 #E8FD61

triadic

#FDC461 #61FDC4 #C461FD

tetradic

#FDC461 #61FD76 #619AFD #FD61E8

square

#FDC461 #61FD76 #619AFD #FD61E8

split-complementary

#FDC461 #61E8FD #7661FD

monochromatic

#E19003 #FCAD25 #FDC461 #FEDB9D #FFF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FDC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#FDC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC461

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC461	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.133 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd591',
    500: '#fdc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc461;
$custom-light: #ffd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 97.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85286,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC461

secondary

#2B6AD7

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC461

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

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