#FDD579#FDD579

#FDD579 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.120 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD579
RGB	rgb(253, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.93, 3.01, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.93, 50.37, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% 0.0074 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.12 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.7562, 69.8551, 27.9999)
Luminance	0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD579 #79A1FD

analogous

#FD9379 #FDD579 #E3FD79

triadic

#FDD579 #79FDD5 #D579FD

tetradic

#FDD579 #79FD93 #79A1FD #FD79E3

square

#FDD579 #79FD93 #79A1FD #FD79E3

split-complementary

#FDD579 #79E3FD #9379FD

monochromatic

#F8AE04 #FCC23D #FDD579 #FEE8B5 #FFF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FDD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#FDD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD579

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD579	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.120 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1a1',
    500: '#fdd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd579;
$custom-light: #ffe1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88847,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD579

secondary

#406FDA

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD579

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

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