#FDD172#FDD172

#FDD172 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.124 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD172
RGB	rgb(253, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(41, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 54.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, 4.50, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 52.55, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% 0.011 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.124 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.3487, 67.7022, 25.4894)
Luminance	0.6770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD172 #729EFD

analogous

#FD8C72 #FDD172 #E4FD72

triadic

#FDD172 #72FDD1 #D172FD

tetradic

#FDD172 #72FD8C #729EFD #FD72E4

square

#FDD172 #72FD8C #729EFD #FD72E4

split-complementary

#FDD172 #72E4FD #8C72FD

monochromatic

#F1A603 #FCBD36 #FDD172 #FEE5AE #FFF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FDD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#FDD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD172

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD172	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.124 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9d',
    500: '#fdd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd172;
$custom-light: #ffde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8798,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD172

secondary

#3A6CD9

accent

#49E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD172

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

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