#FDD159#FDD159

#FDD159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.144 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD159
RGB	rgb(253, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 98%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 64.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, 2.80, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 63.50, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% 0.003 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.144 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1150, 67.2087, 18.9921)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD159 #5985FD

analogous

#FD7F59 #FDD159 #D7FD59

triadic

#FDD159 #59FDD1 #D159FD

tetradic

#FDD159 #59FD7F #5985FD #FD59D7

square

#FDD159 #59FD7F #5985FD #FD59D7

split-complementary

#FDD159 #59D7FD #7F59FD

monochromatic

#D99F03 #FCC01D #FDD159 #FEE295 #FEF3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FDD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#FDD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD159

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD159	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.144 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde8d',
    500: '#fdd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd159;
$custom-light: #ffde8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 97.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87705,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD159

secondary

#2855D3

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD159

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

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