#FDD281#FDD281

#FDD281 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.111 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD281
RGB	rgb(253, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(39, 97%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 49%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, 5.24, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 45.88, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% 0.0148 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.111 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.5197, 68.5643, 30.4424)
Luminance	0.6856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD281 #81ACFD

analogous

#FD9481 #FDD281 #EAFD81

triadic

#FDD281 #81FDD2 #D281FD

tetradic

#FDD281 #81FD94 #81ACFD #FD81EA

square

#FDD281 #81FD94 #81ACFD #FD81EA

split-complementary

#FDD281 #81EAFD #9481FD

monochromatic

#FBA709 #FCBC45 #FDD281 #FEE8BD #FFF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FDD281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#FDD281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD281

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD281	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.111 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdfa7',
    500: '#fdd281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd281;
$custom-light: #ffdfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.194,
    "s": 96.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88378,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD281

secondary

#477ADC

accent

#50E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD281

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

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