#FCC236#FCC236

#FCC236 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.159 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC236
RGB	rgb(252, 194, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 97%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 78.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, 8.51, 72.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 73.36, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% 0.0156 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.159 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.1065, 59.5498, 11.8178)
Luminance	0.5955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC236 #3670FC

analogous

#FC5F36 #FCC236 #D3FC36

triadic

#FCC236 #36FCC2 #C236FC

tetradic

#FCC236 #36FC5F #3670FC #FC36D3

square

#FCC236 #36FC5F #3670FC #FC36D3

split-complementary

#FCC236 #36D3FC #5F36FC

monochromatic

#B58103 #F1AC04 #FCC236 #FDD472 #FEE7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#FCC236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#FCC236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC236

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC236	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 194, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.159 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd478',
    500: '#fcc236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc236;
$custom-light: #ffd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.424,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84447,
    "c": 0.15861,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC236

secondary

#224DB4

accent

#68FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC236

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

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