#FCC462#FCC462

#FCC462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.132 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC462
RGB	rgb(252, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 61.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, 9.66, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 56.69, 80.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% 0.0242 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.132 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0928, 61.0613, 20.0685)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC462 #629AFC

analogous

#FC7762 #FCC462 #E7FC62

triadic

#FCC462 #62FCC4 #C462FC

tetradic

#FCC462 #62FC77 #629AFC #FC62E7

square

#FCC462 #62FC77 #629AFC #FC62E7

split-complementary

#FCC462 #62E7FC #7762FC

monochromatic

#DF9004 #FBAD26 #FCC462 #FDDB9E #FEF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FCC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#FCC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC462

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC462	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)

#DAC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.132 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd592',
    500: '#fcc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc462;
$custom-light: #ffd592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 96.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85196,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC462

secondary

#2C6AD6

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC462

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

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