#FCD478#FCD478

#FCD478 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.120 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD478
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(42, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, 3.04, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 50.40, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% 0.0075 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.12 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.0813, 69.1420, 27.5780)
Luminance	0.6914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD478 #78A0FC

analogous

#FC9278 #FCD478 #E2FC78

triadic

#FCD478 #78FCD4 #D478FC

tetradic

#FCD478 #78FC92 #78A0FC #FC78E2

square

#FCD478 #78FC92 #78A0FC #FC78E2

split-complementary

#FCD478 #78E2FC #9278FC

monochromatic

#F4AC05 #FBC13C #FCD478 #FDE7B4 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#FCD478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#FCD478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD478

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD478	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.120 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1a1',
    500: '#fcd478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd478;
$custom-light: #ffe1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88545,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD478

secondary

#3F6ED9

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD478

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

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