#FCD162#FCD162

#FCD162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.137 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD162
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 61.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, 2.95, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 59.52, 87.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% 0.0046 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.137 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.1532, 67.1820, 21.0886)
Luminance	0.6718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD162 #628DFC

analogous

#FC8462 #FCD162 #DAFC62

triadic

#FCD162 #62FCD1 #D162FC

tetradic

#FCD162 #62FC84 #628DFC #FC62DA

square

#FCD162 #62FC84 #628DFC #FC62DA

split-complementary

#FCD162 #62DAFC #8462FC

monochromatic

#DFA204 #FBBF26 #FCD162 #FDE39E #FEF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#FCD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD162

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD162	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.137 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde92',
    500: '#fcd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd162;
$custom-light: #ffde92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.247,
    "s": 96.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87698,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD162

secondary

#2C5CD6

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD162

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

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