#FCD474#FCD474
#FCD474 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.123 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FCD474 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(252, 212, 116) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 96%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 54%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 54%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.53, 2.71, 52.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.53, 52.25, 87.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.49% 0.0061 0.1232) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.49% 0.123 87.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.8436, 69.0469, 26.3262) |
| Luminance | 0.6904 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.23
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.64
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.27
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.30
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.83
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FCD474 #749CFC
analogous
#FC9074 #FCD474 #E0FC74
triadic
#FCD474 #74FCD4 #D474FC
tetradic
#FCD474 #74FC90 #749CFC #FC74E0
square
#FCD474 #74FC90 #749CFC #FC74E0
split-complementary
#FCD474 #74E0FC #9074FC
monochromatic
#F0AB05 #FBC138 #FCD474 #FDE7B0 #FEF6E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.42
#FCD474 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.81
#FCD474 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FCD474
14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FCD474 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FCD474 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 14.81 | 14.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8D26B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DD77
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC6BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fcd474; /* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 116); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.123 87.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffe19e',
500: '#fcd474',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fcd474; $custom-light: #ffe19e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fcd474",
"rgb": {
"r": 252,
"g": 212,
"b": 116
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.353,
"s": 95.775,
"l": 72.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88493,
"c": 0.12338,
"h": 87.2
},
"luminance": 0.69043
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FCD474
secondary
#3C6AD8
accent
#43E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18150E
muted
#86847F