#FCD261#FCD261

#FCD261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.138 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD261
RGB	rgb(252, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 61.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, 2.37, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 60.21, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% 0.0028 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.138 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.3523, 67.6554, 20.9235)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD261 #618BFC

analogous

#FC8461 #FCD261 #D8FC61

triadic

#FCD261 #61FCD2 #D261FC

tetradic

#FCD261 #61FC84 #618BFC #FC61D8

square

#FCD261 #61FC84 #618BFC #FC61D8

split-complementary

#FCD261 #61D8FC #8461FC

monochromatic

#DEA304 #FBC125 #FCD261 #FDE39D #FEF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#FCD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD261

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD261	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)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.138 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf92',
    500: '#fcd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd261;
$custom-light: #ffdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.742,
    "s": 96.273,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87883,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD261

secondary

#2B5AD6

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD261

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

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