#FCD178#FCD178

#FCD178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.118 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD178
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(40, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, 4.58, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 49.63, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% 0.012 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.118 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.3383, 67.6560, 27.3304)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD178 #78A3FC

analogous

#FC8F78 #FCD178 #E5FC78

triadic

#FCD178 #78FCD1 #D178FC

tetradic

#FCD178 #78FC8F #78A3FC #FC78E5

square

#FCD178 #78FC8F #78A3FC #FC78E5

split-complementary

#FCD178 #78E5FC #8F78FC

monochromatic

#F4A605 #FBBD3C #FCD178 #FDE5B4 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#FCD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD178

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD178	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.118 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdea1',
    500: '#fcd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd178;
$custom-light: #ffdea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87963,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD178

secondary

#3F71D9

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD178

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

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