#FDCD56#FDCD56

#FDCD56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.144 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDCD56
RGB	rgb(253, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, 4.69, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 63.81, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% 0.0081 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.144 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.0225, 65.2212, 18.0191)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDCD56 #5686FD

analogous

#FD7A56 #FDCD56 #DAFD56

triadic

#FDCD56 #56FDCD #CD56FD

tetradic

#FDCD56 #56FD7A #5686FD #FD56DA

square

#FDCD56 #56FD7A #5686FD #FD56DA

split-complementary

#FDCD56 #56DAFD #7A56FD

monochromatic

#D69903 #FCBB1A #FDCD56 #FEDF92 #FEF1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#FDCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#FDCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDCD56

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDCD56	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdcd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.144 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb8b',
    500: '#fdcd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdcd56;
$custom-light: #ffdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdcd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.754,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.869,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDCD56

secondary

#2758D0

accent

#42E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDCD56

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

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