#FCD170#FCD170

#FCD170 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.125 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD170
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 112)
HSL	hsl(42, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 55.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, 3.94, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 53.29, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% 0.0092 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.125 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8729, 67.4699, 24.8794)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD170 #709BFC

analogous

#FC8B70 #FCD170 #E1FC70

triadic

#FCD170 #70FCD1 #D170FC

tetradic

#FCD170 #70FC8B #709BFC #FC70E1

square

#FCD170 #70FC8B #709BFC #FC70E1

split-complementary

#FCD170 #70E1FC #8B70FC

monochromatic

#EDA505 #FBBE34 #FCD170 #FDE4AC #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#FCD170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD170

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD170	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)

#E5D067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.125 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9b',
    500: '#fcd170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd170;
$custom-light: #ffde9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 95.89,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87859,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD170

secondary

#3869D8

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD170

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

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