#FCD169#FCD169

#FCD169 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.131 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD169
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(42, 96%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 58.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, 3.43, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 56.44, 86.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% 0.0068 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.131 87)
XYZ	xyz(65.4982, 67.3200, 22.9060)
Luminance	0.6732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD169 #6994FC

analogous

#FC8869 #FCD169 #DDFC69

triadic

#FCD169 #69FCD1 #D169FC

tetradic

#FCD169 #69FC88 #6994FC #FC69DD

square

#FCD169 #69FC88 #6994FC #FC69DD

split-complementary

#FCD169 #69DDFC #8869FC

monochromatic

#E6A405 #FBBF2D #FCD169 #FDE3A5 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#FCD169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD169

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD169	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.131 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde97',
    500: '#fcd169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd169;
$custom-light: #ffde97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 96.078,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87775,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.67316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD169

secondary

#3262D7

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD169

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

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