#FCC179#FCC179

#FCC179 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.112 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC179
RGB	rgb(252, 193, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(33, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, 12.96, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 46.03, 73.65°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% 0.0367 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.112 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.6691, 60.2199, 26.4083)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC179 #79B4FC

analogous

#FC7F79 #FCC179 #F5FC79

triadic

#FCC179 #79FCC1 #C179FC

tetradic

#FCC179 #79FC7F #79B4FC #FC79F5

square

#FCC179 #79FC7F #79B4FC #FC79F5

split-complementary

#FCC179 #79F5FC #7F79FC

monochromatic

#F58905 #FBA53D #FCC179 #FDDDB5 #FEF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FCC179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#FCC179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC179

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC179	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 193, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.112 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd3a1',
    500: '#fcc179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc179;
$custom-light: #ffd3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.977,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84927,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC179

secondary

#4085D9

accent

#67E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC179

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

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