#FFD178#FFD178

#FFD178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.119 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD178
RGB	rgb(255, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 52.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, 5.79, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 50.16, 83.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% 0.0153 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.119 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.4336, 68.2208, 27.3817)
Luminance	0.6822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD178 #78A6FF

analogous

#FF8D78 #FFD178 #E9FF78

triadic

#FFD178 #78FFD1 #D178FF

tetradic

#FFD178 #78FF8D #78A6FF #FF78E9

square

#FFD178 #78FF8D #78A6FF #FF78E9

split-complementary

#FFD178 #78E9FF #8D78FF

monochromatic

#FDA700 #FFBC3B #FFD178 #FFE6B5 #FFF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FFD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#FFD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD178

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD178	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.119 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdea1',
    500: '#ffd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd178;
$custom-light: #ffdea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8825,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD178

secondary

#3E74DD

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD178

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

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