#FCD16A#FCD16A
#FCD16A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.130 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FCD16A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(252, 209, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 96%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 58%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 57.9%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.68, 3.50, 55.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.68, 55.99, 86.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.79% 0.0072 0.1303) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.79% 0.13 86.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.5499, 67.3407, 23.1783) |
| Luminance | 0.6734 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.46
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.68
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.20
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.60
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.00
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FCD16A #6A95FC
analogous
#FC886A #FCD16A #DEFC6A
triadic
#FCD16A #6AFCD1 #D16AFC
tetradic
#FCD16A #6AFC88 #6A95FC #FC6ADE
square
#FCD16A #6AFC88 #6A95FC #FC6ADE
split-complementary
#FCD16A #6ADEFC #886AFC
monochromatic
#E7A405 #FBBE2E #FCD16A #FDE4A6 #FEF6E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.45
#FCD16A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.47
#FCD16A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FCD16A
14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FCD16A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FCD16A | 1.00 | 1.45 | 14.47 | 14.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CF60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0DB6E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC2BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fcd16a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.130 86.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffde97',
500: '#fcd16a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fcd16a; $custom-light: #ffde97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fcd16a",
"rgb": {
"r": 252,
"g": 209,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.329,
"s": 96.053,
"l": 70.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87787,
"c": 0.13047,
"h": 86.8
},
"luminance": 0.67337
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FCD16A
secondary
#3363D7
accent
#44E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18150E
muted
#86847F