#FCD479#FCD479

#FCD479 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.119 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD479
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, 3.12, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 49.94, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% 0.0078 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.119 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.1423, 69.1664, 27.8993)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD479 #79A1FC

analogous

#FC9279 #FCD479 #E3FC79

triadic

#FCD479 #79FCD4 #D479FC

tetradic

#FCD479 #79FC92 #79A1FC #FC79E3

square

#FCD479 #79FC92 #79A1FC #FC79E3

split-complementary

#FCD479 #79E3FC #9279FC

monochromatic

#F5AC05 #FBC13D #FCD479 #FDE7B5 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#FCD479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#FCD479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD479

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD479	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)

#E7D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.119 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1a1',
    500: '#fcd479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd479;
$custom-light: #ffe1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88559,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD479

secondary

#406FD9

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD479

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

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