#FCD165#FCD165

#FCD165 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.135 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD165
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(43, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 59.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, 3.15, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 58.21, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% 0.0056 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.135 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.2975, 67.2397, 21.8486)
Luminance	0.6724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD165 #6590FC

analogous

#FC8665 #FCD165 #DBFC65

triadic

#FCD165 #65FCD1 #D165FC

tetradic

#FCD165 #65FC86 #6590FC #FC65DB

square

#FCD165 #65FC86 #6590FC #FC65DB

split-complementary

#FCD165 #65DBFC #8665FC

monochromatic

#E2A304 #FBBF29 #FCD165 #FDE3A1 #FEF5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#FCD165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD165

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD165	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.135 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde94',
    500: '#fcd165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd165;
$custom-light: #ffde94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.914,
    "s": 96.178,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8773,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD165

secondary

#2F5FD6

accent

#41E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD165

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

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