#FDC978#FDC978

#FDC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.115 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC978
RGB	rgb(253, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(37, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 52.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.97, 9.11, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.97, 48.04, 79.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% 0.0252 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.115 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.7878, 64.0159, 26.7095)
Luminance	0.6401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC978 #78ACFD

analogous

#FD8678 #FDC978 #EFFD78

triadic

#FDC978 #78FDC9 #C978FD

tetradic

#FDC978 #78FD86 #78ACFD #FD78EF

square

#FDC978 #78FD86 #78ACFD #FD78EF

split-complementary

#FDC978 #78EFFD #8678FD

monochromatic

#F79804 #FCB13C #FDC978 #FEE1B4 #FFF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FDC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#FDC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC978

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC978	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.115 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9a0',
    500: '#fdc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc978;
$custom-light: #ffd9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.541,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86524,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC978

secondary

#3F7CDA

accent

#5AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC978

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

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