#FDD178#FDD178

#FDD178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.119 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD178
RGB	rgb(253, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(40, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 52.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, 4.98, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 49.80, 84.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% 0.0131 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.119 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.7015, 67.8433, 27.3474)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD178 #78A4FD

analogous

#FD8E78 #FDD178 #E7FD78

triadic

#FDD178 #78FDD1 #D178FD

tetradic

#FDD178 #78FD8E #78A4FD #FD78E7

square

#FDD178 #78FD8E #78A4FD #FD78E7

split-complementary

#FDD178 #78E7FD #8E78FD

monochromatic

#F7A604 #FCBC3C #FDD178 #FEE6B4 #FFF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FDD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#FDD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD178

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD178	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.119 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdea1',
    500: '#fdd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd178;
$custom-light: #ffdea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88058,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD178

secondary

#3F72DA

accent

#4CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD178

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

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