#FCD172#FCD172

#FCD172 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.124 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD172
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(41, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 54.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, 4.10, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 52.38, 85.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% 0.0099 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.124 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.9855, 67.5149, 25.4724)
Luminance	0.6751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD172 #729DFC

analogous

#FC8C72 #FCD172 #E2FC72

triadic

#FCD172 #72FCD1 #D172FC

tetradic

#FCD172 #72FC8C #729DFC #FC72E2

square

#FCD172 #72FC8C #729DFC #FC72E2

split-complementary

#FCD172 #72E2FC #8C72FC

monochromatic

#EFA605 #FBBD36 #FCD172 #FDE5AE #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#FCD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD172

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD172	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.124 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9d',
    500: '#fcd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd172;
$custom-light: #ffde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.304,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87884,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD172

secondary

#3A6BD8

accent

#48E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD172

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

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