#FCD16F#FCD16F

#FCD16F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.126 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD16F
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 111)
HSL	hsl(42, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 56%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, 3.87, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 53.74, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% 0.0088 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.126 86)
XYZ	xyz(65.8176, 67.4477, 24.5878)
Luminance	0.6744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD16F #6F9AFC

analogous

#FC8A6F #FCD16F #E0FC6F

triadic

#FCD16F #6FFCD1 #D16FFC

tetradic

#FCD16F #6FFC8A #6F9AFC #FC6FE0

square

#FCD16F #6FFC8A #6F9AFC #FC6FE0

split-complementary

#FCD16F #6FE0FC #8A6FFC

monochromatic

#ECA505 #FBBE33 #FCD16F #FDE4AB #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#FCD16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD16F

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD16F	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.126 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9b',
    500: '#fcd16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd16f;
$custom-light: #ffde9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 95.918,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87847,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.67444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD16F

secondary

#3768D8

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD16F

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

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