#FCD461#FCD461

#FCD461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.140 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD461
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 61.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, 1.35, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 60.73, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0001 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.14 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.8492, 68.6491, 21.0891)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD461 #6189FC

analogous

#FC8661 #FCD461 #D6FC61

triadic

#FCD461 #61FCD4 #D461FC

tetradic

#FCD461 #61FC86 #6189FC #FC61D6

square

#FCD461 #61FC86 #6189FC #FC61D6

split-complementary

#FCD461 #61D6FC #8661FC

monochromatic

#DEA604 #FBC425 #FCD461 #FDE49D #FEF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FCD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#FCD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD461

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD461	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)

#E9D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.140 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe092',
    500: '#fcd461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd461;
$custom-light: #ffe092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 96.273,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88274,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD461

secondary

#2B57D6

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD461

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

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