#FDD259#FDD259

#FDD259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.145 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD259
RGB	rgb(253, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 98%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 64.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, 2.29, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 63.75, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% 0.0016 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.145 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.3612, 67.7009, 19.0742)
Luminance	0.6770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD259 #5984FD

analogous

#FD8059 #FDD259 #D6FD59

triadic

#FDD259 #59FDD2 #D259FD

tetradic

#FDD259 #59FD80 #5984FD #FD59D6

square

#FDD259 #59FD80 #5984FD #FD59D6

split-complementary

#FDD259 #59D6FD #8059FD

monochromatic

#D9A103 #FCC21D #FDD259 #FEE295 #FEF3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FDD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#FDD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD259

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD259	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)

#E8D04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.145 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf8d',
    500: '#fdd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd259;
$custom-light: #ffdf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.268,
    "s": 97.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.879,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD259

secondary

#2854D3

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD259

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

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