#FDD256#FDD256

#FDD256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.147 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD256
RGB	rgb(253, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, 2.12, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 64.99, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% 0.0007 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.147 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2377, 67.6516, 18.4242)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD256 #5681FD

analogous

#FD7F56 #FDD256 #D5FD56

triadic

#FDD256 #56FDD2 #D256FD

tetradic

#FDD256 #56FD7F #5681FD #FD56D5

square

#FDD256 #56FD7F #5681FD #FD56D5

split-complementary

#FDD256 #56D5FD #7F56FD

monochromatic

#D6A003 #FCC21A #FDD256 #FEE292 #FEF2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FDD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#FDD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD256

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD256	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.147 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf8b',
    500: '#fdd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd256;
$custom-light: #ffdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.551,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87872,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD256

secondary

#2753D0

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD256

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

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