#FDCA51#FDCA51

#FDCA51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.147 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDCA51
RGB	rgb(253, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 98%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 68%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, 5.96, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 65.20, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% 0.0112 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.147 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1174, 63.7219, 16.7581)
Luminance	0.6372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDCA51 #5184FD

analogous

#FD7451 #FDCA51 #DAFD51

triadic

#FDCA51 #51FDCA #CA51FD

tetradic

#FDCA51 #51FD74 #5184FD #FD51DA

square

#FDCA51 #51FD74 #5184FD #FD51DA

split-complementary

#FDCA51 #51DAFD #7451FD

monochromatic

#D19402 #FCB814 #FDCA51 #FEDC8E #FEEFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FDCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#FDCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDCA51

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDCA51	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.147 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd988',
    500: '#fdca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdca51;
$custom-light: #ffd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.209,
    "s": 97.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86276,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDCA51

secondary

#2657CC

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDCA51

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

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