#FDCB56#FDCB56

#FDCB56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.143 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDCB56
RGB	rgb(253, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, 5.72, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 63.37, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% 0.0111 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.143 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.5472, 64.2705, 17.8607)
Luminance	0.6427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDCB56 #5688FD

analogous

#FD7856 #FDCB56 #DCFD56

triadic

#FDCB56 #56FDCB #CB56FD

tetradic

#FDCB56 #56FD78 #5688FD #FD56DC

square

#FDCB56 #56FD78 #5688FD #FD56DC

split-complementary

#FDCB56 #56DCFD #7856FD

monochromatic

#D69703 #FCB81A #FDCB56 #FEDE92 #FEF0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FDCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#FDCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDCB56

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDCB56	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.143 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffda8b',
    500: '#fdcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdcb56;
$custom-light: #ffda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.036,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86514,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDCB56

secondary

#275AD0

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDCB56

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

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