#FDC799#FDC799

#FDC799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.086 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC799
RGB	rgb(253, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(28, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(28, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 39.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, 13.33, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 33.17, 66.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% 0.0408 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.086 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6834, 64.0330, 38.9781)
Luminance	0.6403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC799 #99CFFD

analogous

#FD999D #FDC799 #FDF999

triadic

#FDC799 #99FDC7 #C799FD

tetradic

#FDC799 #9DFD99 #99CFFD #F999FD

square

#FDC799 #9DFD99 #99CFFD #F999FD

split-complementary

#FDC799 #99FDF9 #999DFD

monochromatic

#FB8521 #FCA65D #FDC799 #FEE8D5 #FEEFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FDC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#FDC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC799

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC799	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.086 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd8b7',
    500: '#fdc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc799;
$custom-light: #ffd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.6,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86691,
    "c": 0.08608,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC799

secondary

#5BA2DF

accent

#7CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC799

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

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