#FDC962#FDC962

#FDC962 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.134 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC962
RGB	rgb(253, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, 7.48, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 57.86, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% 0.0177 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.134 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.6026, 63.5418, 20.4677)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC962 #6296FD

analogous

#FD7C62 #FDC962 #E4FD62

triadic

#FDC962 #62FDC9 #C962FD

tetradic

#FDC962 #62FD7C #6296FD #FD62E4

square

#FDC962 #62FD7C #6296FD #FD62E4

split-complementary

#FDC962 #62E4FD #7C62FD

monochromatic

#E29703 #FCB426 #FDC962 #FEDE9E #FFF3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FDC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#FDC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC962

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC962	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.134 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd992',
    500: '#fdc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc962;
$custom-light: #ffd992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.871,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8625,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC962

secondary

#2C65D7

accent

#4DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC962

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

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