#FCBE51#FCBE51

#FCBE51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCBE51
RGB	rgb(252, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 97%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 67.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, 11.76, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 62.83, 79.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% 0.0281 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.142 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0473, 58.1209, 15.8388)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCBE51 #518FFC

analogous

#FC6951 #FCBE51 #E4FC51

triadic

#FCBE51 #51FCBE #BE51FC

tetradic

#FCBE51 #51FC69 #518FFC #FC51E4

square

#FCBE51 #51FC69 #518FFC #FC51E4

split-complementary

#FCBE51 #51E4FC #6951FC

monochromatic

#CF8504 #FBA815 #FCBE51 #FDD48D #FEEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#FCBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#FCBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCBE51

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCBE51	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd187',
    500: '#fcbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcbe51;
$custom-light: #ffd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.246,
    "s": 96.61,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83887,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCBE51

secondary

#2762CA

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCBE51

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

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