#FDD261#FDD261

#FDD261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.139 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD261
RGB	rgb(253, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 98%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 61.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, 2.78, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 60.36, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% 0.0039 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.139 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.7155, 67.8427, 20.9405)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD261 #618CFD

analogous

#FD8461 #FDD261 #DAFD61

triadic

#FDD261 #61FDD2 #D261FD

tetradic

#FDD261 #61FD84 #618CFD #FD61DA

square

#FDD261 #61FD84 #618CFD #FD61DA

split-complementary

#FDD261 #61DAFD #8461FD

monochromatic

#E1A403 #FCC125 #FDD261 #FEE39D #FFF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FDD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#FDD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD261

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD261	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)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.139 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf92',
    500: '#fdd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd261;
$custom-light: #ffdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.462,
    "s": 97.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87978,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD261

secondary

#2B5BD7

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD261

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

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