#FCD379#FCD379

#FCD379 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.118 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD379
RGB	rgb(252, 211, 121)
HSL	hsl(41, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, 3.63, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 49.68, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% 0.0093 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.118 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.8931, 68.6680, 27.8163)
Luminance	0.6866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD379 #79A2FC

analogous

#FC9179 #FCD379 #E4FC79

triadic

#FCD379 #79FCD3 #D379FC

tetradic

#FCD379 #79FC91 #79A2FC #FC79E4

square

#FCD379 #79FC91 #79A2FC #FC79E4

split-complementary

#FCD379 #79E4FC #9179FC

monochromatic

#F5AA05 #FBBF3D #FCD379 #FDE7B5 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FCD379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#FCD379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD379

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD379	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 211, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.118 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe0a1',
    500: '#fcd379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd379;
$custom-light: #ffe0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.221,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88364,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD379

secondary

#4070D9

accent

#48E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD379

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

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