#FCD491#FCD491

#FCD491 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.096 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD491
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 145)
HSL	hsl(38, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(38, 42%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 42.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, 5.35, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 38.70, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% 0.0167 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.096 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.8013, 69.8300, 36.6371)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD491 #91B9FC

analogous

#FC9E91 #FCD491 #EEFC91

triadic

#FCD491 #91FCD4 #D491FC

tetradic

#FCD491 #91FC9E #91B9FC #FC91EE

square

#FCD491 #91FC9E #91B9FC #FC91EE

split-complementary

#FCD491 #91EEFC #9E91FC

monochromatic

#F9A51A #FABD55 #FCD491 #FEEBCD #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FCD491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#FCD491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD491

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD491	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.096 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b2',
    500: '#fcd491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd491;
$custom-light: #ffe1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.57,
    "s": 94.69,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88922,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD491

secondary

#5587DC

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD491

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

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