#FCC461#FCC461

#FCC461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.132 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC461
RGB	rgb(252, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 61.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, 9.59, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 57.12, 80.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% 0.0239 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.132 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0459, 61.0425, 19.8214)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC461 #6199FC

analogous

#FC7661 #FCC461 #E6FC61

triadic

#FCC461 #61FCC4 #C461FC

tetradic

#FCC461 #61FC76 #6199FC #FC61E6

square

#FCC461 #61FC76 #6199FC #FC61E6

split-complementary

#FCC461 #61E6FC #7661FC

monochromatic

#DE9004 #FBAE25 #FCC461 #FDDA9D #FEF1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FCC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#FCC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC461

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC461	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.132 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd591',
    500: '#fcc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc461;
$custom-light: #ffd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 96.273,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85185,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC461

secondary

#2B69D6

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC461

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

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