#FCD16E#FCD16E
#FCD16E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.127 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FCD16E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(252, 209, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 96%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 56%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 56.3%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.72, 3.79, 54.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.72, 54.20, 85.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.83% 0.0085 0.1268) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.83% 0.127 86.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.7628, 67.4258, 24.2994) |
| Luminance | 0.6742 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.90
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.19
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.20
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.91
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.45
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FCD16E #6E99FC
analogous
#FC8A6E #FCD16E #E0FC6E
triadic
#FCD16E #6EFCD1 #D16EFC
tetradic
#FCD16E #6EFC8A #6E99FC #FC6EE0
square
#FCD16E #6EFC8A #6E99FC #FC6EE0
split-complementary
#FCD16E #6EE0FC #8A6EFC
monochromatic
#EBA505 #FBBE32 #FCD16E #FDE4AA #FEF5E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.45
#FCD16E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.48
#FCD16E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FCD16E
14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FCD16E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FCD16E | 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)
#E6D065
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0DB72
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC2BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fcd16e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.127 86.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffde9a',
500: '#fcd16e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fcd16e; $custom-light: #ffde9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fcd16e",
"rgb": {
"r": 252,
"g": 209,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 41.831,
"s": 95.946,
"l": 70.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87834,
"c": 0.12704,
"h": 86.2
},
"luminance": 0.67422
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FCD16E
secondary
#3767D8
accent
#45E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18150E
muted
#86847F