#FDC19E

sRGB: 253 / 193 / 158

#FDC19E belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 253 red, 193 green and 158 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 22.1° lands in the orange region. Its 96.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.30:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 253, 193, 158
HSL: 22.11°, 95.96%, 80.59%
HSV / HSB: 22.11°, 37.55%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 23.72%, 37.55%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.747, 61.493, 40.755
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.643, 17.014, 25.949
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61491
24-bit decimal: 16630174

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FDC19E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.30:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.58:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#9EDAFD sits half a turn (180°) from #FDC19E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FDC19E #9EDAFD

Analogous

#FD9EAB and #FDF19E sit 30° to either side of #FDC19E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FD9EAB #FDC19E #FDF19E

Triadic

#FDC19E, #9EFDC1 and #C19EFD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FDC19E #9EFDC1 #C19EFD

Split complementary

Start at #FDC19E and look across the wheel. #9EFDF1 and #9EAAFD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FDC19E #9EFDF1 #9EAAFD

Square

Starting with #FDC19E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ABFD9E, #9EDAFD, then #F19EFD. Across the square, #FDC19E pairs with #9EDAFD, and #ABFD9E with #F19EFD.

#FDC19E #ABFD9E #9EDAFD #F19EFD

Tetradic

#FDC19E and #9EDAFD are opposites, as are #DAFD9E and #C19EFD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FDC19E #DAFD9E #9EDAFD #C19EFD

Tints

Mixing #FDC19E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDCDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF3EC, the mixture is 80% white.

#FDC19E #FDCDB1 #FEDAC5 #FEE6D8 #FFF3EC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FDC19E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA9A7E, keeps 80% of the original. By #332720, the mixture is 80% black.

#FDC19E #CA9A7E #98745F #654D3F #332720 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FDC19E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4B498, keeps 80% of the original. By #998D86, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FDC19E #E4B498 #CBA792 #B29A8C #998D86 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FDC19E

RGB

rgb(253 193 158)

HSL

hsl(22.105 95.960% 80.588%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FDC19E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FDC19E uses 253 red, 193 green and 158 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.2%

Green 75.7%

Blue 62.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FDC19E is 0.0% cyan, 23.7% magenta, 37.5% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 23.7%

Yellow 37.5%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFBB99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FB9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FDC19E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFBB99 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#FDC19E #EDC5AE #DDC9BE #CECECE #BED2DD #AED6ED #9EDAFD

Color vision previews

Compare how #FDC19E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D1C69C

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E0D39E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFB6B8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E3C69C

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E8CD9E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFBFA8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CECECE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E7C7B8

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.98225 G 0.53328 B 0.34191

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.95587 G 0.76624 B 0.63957

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.90254 G 0.54818 B 0.36671

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.391 y 0.366 Y 61.493

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.784 M % 24.314 Y % 38.039

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111101 11000001 10011110