Yellow Orange#FCB001

#FCB001 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.169 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Yellow Orange — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FCB001
RGB	rgb(252, 176, 1)
HSL	hsl(42, 99%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 100%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 99.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 16.93, 80.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 81.90, 78.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0366 0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.169 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6801, 51.7533, 7.0857)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCB001 #014DFC

analogous

#FC3301 #FCB001 #CAFC01

triadic

#FCB001 #01FCB0 #B001FC

tetradic

#FCB001 #01FC33 #014DFC #FC01CA

square

#FCB001 #01FC33 #014DFC #FC01CA

split-complementary

#FCB001 #01CAFC #3301FC

monochromatic

#825B01 #BF8501 #FCB001 #FEC33C #FED679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FCB001 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#FCB001 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCB001

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCB001	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCB001	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcb001;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 176, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.169 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc766',
    500: '#fcb001',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcb001;
$custom-light: #ffc766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcb001",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.833,
    "s": 99.209,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80906,
    "c": 0.16883,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCB001

secondary

#193B89

accent

#6AFF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F0

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1307

muted

#87827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCB001

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

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