#FCC23D#FCC23D

#FCC23D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.155 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC23D
RGB	rgb(252, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 97%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 75.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, 8.77, 70.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 71.03, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% 0.0171 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.155 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2829, 59.6203, 12.7468)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC23D #3D77FC

analogous

#FC633D #FCC23D #D7FC3D

triadic

#FCC23D #3DFCC2 #C23DFC

tetradic

#FCC23D #3DFC63 #3D77FC #FC3DD7

square

#FCC23D #3DFC63 #3D77FC #FC3DD7

split-complementary

#FCC23D #3DD7FC #633DFC

monochromatic

#BC8403 #F8AE04 #FCC23D #FDD579 #FEE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FCC23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#FCC23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC23D

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC23D	1.00	1.62	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.155 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd47c',
    500: '#fcc23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc23d;
$custom-light: #ffd47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.78,
    "s": 96.954,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84489,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC23D

secondary

#2451BA

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC23D

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

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