#FCD490#FCD490

#FCD490 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.097 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD490
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 144)
HSL	hsl(38, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(38, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 42.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, 5.25, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 39.17, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% 0.0163 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.097 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.7246, 69.7993, 36.2328)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD490 #90B8FC

analogous

#FC9E90 #FCD490 #EEFC90

triadic

#FCD490 #90FCD4 #D490FC

tetradic

#FCD490 #90FC9E #90B8FC #FC90EE

square

#FCD490 #90FC9E #90B8FC #FC90EE

split-complementary

#FCD490 #90EEFC #9E90FC

monochromatic

#F9A619 #FABD54 #FCD490 #FEEBCC #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FCD490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#FCD490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD490

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD490	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D48B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.097 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b1',
    500: '#fcd490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd490;
$custom-light: #ffe1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 94.737,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88905,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD490

secondary

#5486DC

accent

#55E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD490

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

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