#FCD175#FCD175

#FCD175 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.121 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD175
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 117)
HSL	hsl(41, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 53.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, 4.33, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 51.01, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% 0.0109 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.121 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1591, 67.5843, 26.3865)
Luminance	0.6758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD175 #75A0FC

analogous

#FC8E75 #FCD175 #E3FC75

triadic

#FCD175 #75FCD1 #D175FC

tetradic

#FCD175 #75FC8E #75A0FC #FC75E3

square

#FCD175 #75FC8E #75A0FC #FC75E3

split-complementary

#FCD175 #75E3FC #8E75FC

monochromatic

#F1A605 #FBBD39 #FCD175 #FDE5B1 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#FCD175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD175

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD175	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.121 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9f',
    500: '#fcd175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd175;
$custom-light: #ffde9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 95.745,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87923,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD175

secondary

#3D6ED9

accent

#49E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD175

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

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