#FDCA56#FDCA56

#FDCA56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.143 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDCA56
RGB	rgb(253, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, 6.23, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 63.16, 84.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% 0.0126 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.143 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.3118, 63.7997, 17.7822)
Luminance	0.6380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDCA56 #5689FD

analogous

#FD7756 #FDCA56 #DCFD56

triadic

#FDCA56 #56FDCA #CA56FD

tetradic

#FDCA56 #56FD77 #5689FD #FD56DC

square

#FDCA56 #56FD77 #5689FD #FD56DC

split-complementary

#FDCA56 #56DCFD #7756FD

monochromatic

#D69503 #FCB71A #FDCA56 #FEDD92 #FEF0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FDCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#FDCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDCA56

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDCA56	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.143 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd98a',
    500: '#fdca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdca56;
$custom-light: #ffd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.677,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86321,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDCA56

secondary

#275BD0

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDCA56

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

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