#FFD173#FFD173

#FFD173 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.124 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD173
RGB	rgb(255, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 54.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, 5.39, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 52.44, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% 0.0136 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.124 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.1380, 68.1025, 25.8252)
Luminance	0.6810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD173 #73A1FF

analogous

#FF8B73 #FFD173 #E7FF73

triadic

#FFD173 #73FFD1 #D173FF

tetradic

#FFD173 #73FF8B #73A1FF #FF73E7

square

#FFD173 #73FF8B #73A1FF #FF73E7

split-complementary

#FFD173 #73E7FF #8B73FF

monochromatic

#F8A600 #FFBD36 #FFD173 #FFE5B0 #FFF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FFD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#FFD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD173

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD173	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.124 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9d',
    500: '#ffd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd173;
$custom-light: #ffde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88185,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD173

secondary

#3A6FDC

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD173

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

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