#FDC856#FDC856

#FDC856 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.142 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC856
RGB	rgb(253, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, 7.26, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 62.75, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% 0.0156 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.142 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.8456, 62.8673, 17.6268)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC856 #568BFD

analogous

#FD7556 #FDC856 #DFFD56

triadic

#FDC856 #56FDC8 #C856FD

tetradic

#FDC856 #56FD75 #568BFD #FD56DF

square

#FDC856 #56FD75 #568BFD #FD56DF

split-complementary

#FDC856 #56DFFD #7556FD

monochromatic

#D69303 #FCB41A #FDC856 #FEDC92 #FEEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#FDC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#FDC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC856

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC856	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.142 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd88a',
    500: '#fdc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc856;
$custom-light: #ffd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.958,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85937,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC856

secondary

#275DD0

accent

#49E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC856

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

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