#FCD174#FCD174

#FCD174 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.122 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD174
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(41, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 54%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, 4.25, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 51.47, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% 0.0106 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.122 85)
XYZ	xyz(66.1006, 67.5609, 26.0785)
Luminance	0.6756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD174 #749FFC

analogous

#FC8D74 #FCD174 #E3FC74

triadic

#FCD174 #74FCD1 #D174FC

tetradic

#FCD174 #74FC8D #749FFC #FC74E3

square

#FCD174 #74FC8D #749FFC #FC74E3

split-complementary

#FCD174 #74E3FC #8D74FC

monochromatic

#F0A605 #FBBD38 #FCD174 #FDE5B0 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#FCD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD174

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD174	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)

#E5D06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.122 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9e',
    500: '#fcd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd174;
$custom-light: #ffde9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 95.775,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8791,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.67557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD174

secondary

#3C6DD8

accent

#49E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD174

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

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