#FCD16C#FCD16C

#FCD16C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.129 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD16C
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(42, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 57.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, 3.64, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 55.10, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% 0.0078 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.129 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.6552, 67.3828, 23.7324)
Luminance	0.6738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD16C #6C97FC

analogous

#FC896C #FCD16C #DFFC6C

triadic

#FCD16C #6CFCD1 #D16CFC

tetradic

#FCD16C #6CFC89 #6C97FC #FC6CDF

square

#FCD16C #6CFC89 #6C97FC #FC6CDF

split-complementary

#FCD16C #6CDFFC #896CFC

monochromatic

#E9A505 #FBBE30 #FCD16C #FDE4A8 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#FCD16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD16C

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD16C	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.129 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde99',
    500: '#fcd16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd16c;
$custom-light: #ffde99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 96,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8781,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD16C

secondary

#3565D7

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD16C

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

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