#FCC252#FCC252

#FCC252 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.143 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC252
RGB	rgb(252, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 97%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 67.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 9.74, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 63.08, 81.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% 0.0224 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.143 81)
XYZ	xyz(60.9633, 59.8925, 16.3305)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC252 #528CFC

analogous

#FC6D52 #FCC252 #E1FC52

triadic

#FCC252 #52FCC2 #C252FC

tetradic

#FCC252 #52FC6D #528CFC #FC52E1

square

#FCC252 #52FC6D #528CFC #FC52E1

split-complementary

#FCC252 #52E1FC #6D52FC

monochromatic

#D08A04 #FBAD16 #FCC252 #FDD78E #FEECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FCC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#FCC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC252

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC252	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.143 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd488',
    500: '#fcc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc252;
$custom-light: #ffd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.529,
    "s": 96.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84653,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.59888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC252

secondary

#275FCB

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC252

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

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