#FCD181#FCD181

#FCD181 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.110 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD181
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 129)
HSL	hsl(39, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, 5.36, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 45.45, 83.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% 0.0152 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.11 82)
XYZ	xyz(66.9104, 67.8849, 30.3434)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD181 #81ACFC

analogous

#FC9381 #FCD181 #EAFC81

triadic

#FCD181 #81FCD1 #D181FC

tetradic

#FCD181 #81FC93 #81ACFC #FC81EA

square

#FCD181 #81FC93 #81ACFC #FC81EA

split-complementary

#FCD181 #81EAFC #9381FC

monochromatic

#F9A509 #FBBB45 #FCD181 #FDE7BD #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FCD181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#FCD181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD181

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD181	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.110 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdea7',
    500: '#fcd181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd181;
$custom-light: #ffdea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.024,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8809,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.67881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD181

secondary

#477ADA

accent

#50E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD181

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

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