#FCB261#FCB261

#FCB261 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.130 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCB261
RGB	rgb(252, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(31, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 61.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, 18.99, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 54.79, 69.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% 0.0515 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.13 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2266, 53.4040, 18.5483)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCB261 #61ABFC

analogous

#FC6461 #FCB261 #F8FC61

triadic

#FCB261 #61FCB2 #B261FC

tetradic

#FCB261 #61FC64 #61ABFC #FC61F8

square

#FCB261 #61FC64 #61ABFC #FC61F8

split-complementary

#FCB261 #61F8FC #6461FC

monochromatic

#DE7604 #FB9525 #FCB261 #FDCF9D #FEEDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#FCB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#FCB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCB261

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCB261	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.130 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc990',
    500: '#fcb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcb261;
$custom-light: #ffc990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.355,
    "s": 96.273,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81833,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCB261

secondary

#2B7DD6

accent

#6EE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCB261

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

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