#FCC253#FCC253

#FCC253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.142 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC253
RGB	rgb(252, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 97%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 67.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, 9.79, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 62.67, 81.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% 0.0226 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.142 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0017, 59.9079, 16.5324)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC253 #538DFC

analogous

#FC6D53 #FCC253 #E2FC53

triadic

#FCC253 #53FCC2 #C253FC

tetradic

#FCC253 #53FC6D #538DFC #FC53E2

square

#FCC253 #53FC6D #538DFC #FC53E2

split-complementary

#FCC253 #53E2FC #6D53FC

monochromatic

#D18A04 #FBAD17 #FCC253 #FDD78F #FEEDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FCC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#FCC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC253

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC253	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)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.142 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd488',
    500: '#fcc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc253;
$custom-light: #ffd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.408,
    "s": 96.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84662,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC253

secondary

#2760CC

accent

#4FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC253

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

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