#FDD179#FDD179

#FDD179 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.118 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD179
RGB	rgb(253, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(40, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, 5.06, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 49.34, 84.11°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% 0.0134 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.118 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.7625, 67.8677, 27.6687)
Luminance	0.6786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD179 #79A5FD

analogous

#FD8F79 #FDD179 #E7FD79

triadic

#FDD179 #79FDD1 #D179FD

tetradic

#FDD179 #79FD8F #79A5FD #FD79E7

square

#FDD179 #79FD8F #79A5FD #FD79E7

split-complementary

#FDD179 #79E7FD #8F79FD

monochromatic

#F8A604 #FCBC3D #FDD179 #FEE6B5 #FFF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FDD179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#FDD179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD179

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD179	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)

#E5D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.118 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdea1',
    500: '#fdd179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd179;
$custom-light: #ffdea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88072,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD179

secondary

#4073DA

accent

#4CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD179

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

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