#FDD596#FDD596

#FDD596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.092 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD596
RGB	rgb(253, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(37, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 40.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, 5.75, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 36.79, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% 0.0182 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.092 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.8093, 70.6764, 38.8130)
Luminance	0.7067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD596 #96BEFD

analogous

#FDA296 #FDD596 #F2FD96

triadic

#FDD596 #96FDD5 #D596FD

tetradic

#FDD596 #96FDA2 #96BEFD #FD96F2

square

#FDD596 #96FDA2 #96BEFD #FD96F2

split-complementary

#FDD596 #96F2FD #A296FD

monochromatic

#FBA51E #FCBD5A #FDD596 #FEEDD2 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FDD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#FDD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD596

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD596	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.092 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b5',
    500: '#fdd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd596;
$custom-light: #ffe1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.699,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89294,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD596

secondary

#598DDF

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD596

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

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