#FCD161#FCD161

#FCD161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.138 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD161
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 61.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, 2.88, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 59.96, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% 0.0043 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.138 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.1062, 67.1632, 20.8415)
Luminance	0.6716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD161 #618CFC

analogous

#FC8361 #FCD161 #D9FC61

triadic

#FCD161 #61FCD1 #D161FC

tetradic

#FCD161 #61FC83 #618CFC #FC61D9

square

#FCD161 #61FC83 #618CFC #FC61D9

split-complementary

#FCD161 #61D9FC #8361FC

monochromatic

#DEA204 #FBC025 #FCD161 #FDE29D #FEF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#FCD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#FCD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD161

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD161	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.138 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde92',
    500: '#fcd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd161;
$custom-light: #ffde92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.355,
    "s": 96.273,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87688,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD161

secondary

#2B5BD6

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD161

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

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