#FDCD57#FDCD57

#FDCD57 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.144 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDCD57
RGB	rgb(253, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 98%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 65.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, 4.74, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 63.40, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% 0.0084 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.144 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.0631, 65.2374, 18.2328)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDCD57 #5787FD

analogous

#FD7A57 #FDCD57 #DAFD57

triadic

#FDCD57 #57FDCD #CD57FD

tetradic

#FDCD57 #57FD7A #5787FD #FD57DA

square

#FDCD57 #57FD7A #5787FD #FD57DA

split-complementary

#FDCD57 #57DAFD #7A57FD

monochromatic

#D79A03 #FCBB1B #FDCD57 #FEDF93 #FEF1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#FDCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#FDCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDCD57

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDCD57	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.144 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb8b',
    500: '#fdcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdcd57;
$custom-light: #ffdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.651,
    "s": 97.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86909,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDCD57

secondary

#2758D1

accent

#42E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDCD57

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

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