#FCD173#FCD173

#FCD173 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.123 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD173
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(41, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 54.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, 4.17, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 51.92, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% 0.0102 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.123 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.0428, 67.5378, 25.7738)
Luminance	0.6753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD173 #739EFC

analogous

#FC8D73 #FCD173 #E2FC73

triadic

#FCD173 #73FCD1 #D173FC

tetradic

#FCD173 #73FC8D #739EFC #FC73E2

square

#FCD173 #73FC8D #739EFC #FC73E2

split-complementary

#FCD173 #73E2FC #8D73FC

monochromatic

#EFA605 #FBBD37 #FCD173 #FDE5AF #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#FCD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD173

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD173	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.123 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9d',
    500: '#fcd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd173;
$custom-light: #ffde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.168,
    "s": 95.804,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87897,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD173

secondary

#3B6CD8

accent

#48E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD173

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

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