#FDC851#FDC851

#FDC851 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.146 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC851
RGB	rgb(253, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 98%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, 6.99, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 64.79, 83.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% 0.0142 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.146 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6511, 62.7895, 16.6027)
Luminance	0.6279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC851 #5186FD

analogous

#FD7251 #FDC851 #DCFD51

triadic

#FDC851 #51FDC8 #C851FD

tetradic

#FDC851 #51FD72 #5186FD #FD51DC

square

#FDC851 #51FD72 #5186FD #FD51DC

split-complementary

#FDC851 #51DCFD #7251FD

monochromatic

#D19102 #FCB514 #FDC851 #FEDB8E #FEEECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#FDC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#FDC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC851

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC851	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.146 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd887',
    500: '#fdc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc851;
$custom-light: #ffd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.512,
    "s": 97.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85891,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC851

secondary

#2659CC

accent

#47E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC851

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

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