#FDC462#FDC462

#FDC462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.132 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC462
RGB	rgb(253, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, 10.07, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 56.90, 79.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% 0.0253 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.132 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.4560, 61.2486, 20.0855)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC462 #629BFD

analogous

#FD7762 #FDC462 #E9FD62

triadic

#FDC462 #62FDC4 #C462FD

tetradic

#FDC462 #62FD77 #629BFD #FD62E9

square

#FDC462 #62FD77 #629BFD #FD62E9

split-complementary

#FDC462 #62E9FD #7762FD

monochromatic

#E29003 #FCAD26 #FDC462 #FEDB9E #FFF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FDC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#FDC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC462

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC462	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)

#DBC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.132 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd592',
    500: '#fdc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc462;
$custom-light: #ffd592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.935,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85297,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC462

secondary

#2C6BD7

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC462

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

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