#FCC459#FCC459

#FCC459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.138 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC459
RGB	rgb(252, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 96%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 64.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, 9.10, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 60.54, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% 0.0214 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.138 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.6915, 60.9008, 17.9550)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC459 #5991FC

analogous

#FC7359 #FCC459 #E2FC59

triadic

#FCC459 #59FCC4 #C459FC

tetradic

#FCC459 #59FC73 #5991FC #FC59E2

square

#FCC459 #59FC73 #5991FC #FC59E2

split-complementary

#FCC459 #59E2FC #7359FC

monochromatic

#D78E04 #FBAF1D #FCC459 #FDD995 #FEEFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FCC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#FCC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC459

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC459	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.138 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd58c',
    500: '#fcc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc459;
$custom-light: #ffd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.387,
    "s": 96.45,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.851,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC459

secondary

#2862D1

accent

#4FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC459

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

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