#FDD156#FDD156

#FDD156 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.146 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD156
RGB	rgb(253, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, 2.63, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 64.74, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% 0.0022 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.146 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.9916, 67.1593, 18.3421)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD156 #5682FD

analogous

#FD7E56 #FDD156 #D5FD56

triadic

#FDD156 #56FDD1 #D156FD

tetradic

#FDD156 #56FD7E #5682FD #FD56D5

square

#FDD156 #56FD7E #5682FD #FD56D5

split-complementary

#FDD156 #56D5FD #7E56FD

monochromatic

#D69E03 #FCC11A #FDD156 #FEE192 #FEF2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#FDD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#FDD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD156

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD156	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.146 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde8b',
    500: '#fdd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd156;
$custom-light: #ffde8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.192,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87677,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD156

secondary

#2754D0

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD156

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

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