#FDC951#FDC951

#FDC951 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.146 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC951
RGB	rgb(253, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 98%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 68%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, 6.48, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 64.99, 84.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% 0.0127 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.146 85)
XYZ	xyz(62.8835, 63.2542, 16.6802)
Luminance	0.6325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC951 #5185FD

analogous

#FD7351 #FDC951 #DBFD51

triadic

#FDC951 #51FDC9 #C951FD

tetradic

#FDC951 #51FD73 #5185FD #FD51DB

square

#FDC951 #51FD73 #5185FD #FD51DB

split-complementary

#FDC951 #51DBFD #7351FD

monochromatic

#D19302 #FCB614 #FDC951 #FEDC8E #FEEFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FDC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#FDC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC951

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC951	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.146 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd987',
    500: '#fdc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc951;
$custom-light: #ffd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 97.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86083,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.6325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC951

secondary

#2658CC

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC951

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

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