Marigold#FCC006

#FCC006 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.171 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

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Color values

HEX	#FCC006
RGB	rgb(252, 192, 6)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 98%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 97.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, 8.63, 82.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 82.71, 84.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% 0.0131 0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.171 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0316, 58.4124, 8.3379)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC006 #0642FC

analogous

#FC4506 #FCC006 #BDFC06

triadic

#FCC006 #06FCC0 #C006FC

tetradic

#FCC006 #06FC45 #0642FC #FC06BD

square

#FCC006 #06FC45 #0642FC #FC06BD

split-complementary

#FCC006 #06BDFC #4506FC

monochromatic

#866602 #C29402 #FCC006 #FDCF42 #FDDF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#FCC006 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#FCC006 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC006

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC006	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC006	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8CF1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc006;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 192, 6);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.171 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd269',
    500: '#fcc006',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc006;
$custom-light: #ffd269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc006",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 6
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 97.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83911,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC006

secondary

#1A368C

accent

#5DFF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191408

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC006

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

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