#FCC559#FCC559

#FCC559 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.139 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC559
RGB	rgb(252, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 96%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 64.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, 8.58, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 60.73, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% 0.0199 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.139 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9178, 61.3534, 18.0304)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC559 #5990FC

analogous

#FC7459 #FCC559 #E1FC59

triadic

#FCC559 #59FCC5 #C559FC

tetradic

#FCC559 #59FC74 #5990FC #FC59E1

square

#FCC559 #59FC74 #5990FC #FC59E1

split-complementary

#FCC559 #59E1FC #7459FC

monochromatic

#D79004 #FBB01D #FCC559 #FDDA95 #FEEFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FCC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#FCC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC559

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC559	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.139 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd68c',
    500: '#fcc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc559;
$custom-light: #ffd68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.755,
    "s": 96.45,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85291,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC559

secondary

#2861D1

accent

#4DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC559

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

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