#FCD279#FCD279

#FCD279 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.118 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD279
RGB	rgb(252, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(41, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, 4.15, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 49.42, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% 0.0108 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.118 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6454, 68.1726, 27.7337)
Luminance	0.6817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD279 #79A3FC

analogous

#FC9079 #FCD279 #E5FC79

triadic

#FCD279 #79FCD2 #D279FC

tetradic

#FCD279 #79FC90 #79A3FC #FC79E5

square

#FCD279 #79FC90 #79A3FC #FC79E5

split-complementary

#FCD279 #79E5FC #9079FC

monochromatic

#F5A805 #FBBE3D #FCD279 #FDE6B5 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FCD279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#FCD279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD279

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD279	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.118 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdfa1',
    500: '#fcd279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd279;
$custom-light: #ffdfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.763,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8817,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD279

secondary

#4071D9

accent

#4AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD279

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

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