#FDC96D#FDC96D

#FDC96D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.125 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC96D
RGB	rgb(253, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(38, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 56.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, 8.25, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 53.00, 81.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% 0.0214 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.125 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1582, 63.7640, 23.3935)
Luminance	0.6376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC96D #6DA1FD

analogous

#FD816D #FDC96D #E9FD6D

triadic

#FDC96D #6DFDC9 #C96DFD

tetradic

#FDC96D #6DFD81 #6DA1FD #FD6DE9

square

#FDC96D #6DFD81 #6DA1FD #FD6DE9

split-complementary

#FDC96D #6DE9FD #816DFD

monochromatic

#EC9803 #FCB331 #FDC96D #FEDFA9 #FFF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FDC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#FDC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC96D

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC96D	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.125 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd999',
    500: '#fdc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc96d;
$custom-light: #ffd999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 97.297,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86379,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC96D

secondary

#3570D9

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC96D

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

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