#FCC551#FCC551

#FCC551 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.144 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC551
RGB	rgb(252, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 97%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 67.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, 8.13, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 64.03, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% 0.0176 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.144 83)
XYZ	xyz(61.6000, 61.2263, 16.3564)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC551 #5188FC

analogous

#FC7051 #FCC551 #DDFC51

triadic

#FCC551 #51FCC5 #C551FC

tetradic

#FCC551 #51FC70 #5188FC #FC51DD

square

#FCC551 #51FC70 #5188FC #FC51DD

split-complementary

#FCC551 #51DDFC #7051FC

monochromatic

#CF8E04 #FBB115 #FCC551 #FDD98D #FEEDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FCC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#FCC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC551

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC551	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.144 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd687',
    500: '#fcc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc551;
$custom-light: #ffd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.702,
    "s": 96.61,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85216,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.61222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC551

secondary

#275CCA

accent

#4AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC551

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

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