#FCD281#FCD281

#FCD281 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.110 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD281
RGB	rgb(252, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(40, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, 4.84, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 45.70, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% 0.0137 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.11 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.1565, 68.3771, 30.4254)
Luminance	0.6837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD281 #81ABFC

analogous

#FC9581 #FCD281 #E9FC81

triadic

#FCD281 #81FCD2 #D281FC

tetradic

#FCD281 #81FC95 #81ABFC #FC81E9

square

#FCD281 #81FC95 #81ABFC #FC81E9

split-complementary

#FCD281 #81E9FC #9581FC

monochromatic

#F9A709 #FBBD45 #FCD281 #FDE7BD #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FCD281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#FCD281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD281

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD281	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.110 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdfa7',
    500: '#fcd281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd281;
$custom-light: #ffdfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88283,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD281

secondary

#4779DA

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD281

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

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