#FCD498#FCD498

#FCD498 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.089 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD498
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 152)
HSL	hsl(36, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 39.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, 6.09, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 35.43, 80.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% 0.0194 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.089 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.3578, 70.0526, 39.5678)
Luminance	0.7005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD498 #98C0FC

analogous

#FCA298 #FCD498 #F2FC98

triadic

#FCD498 #98FCD4 #D498FC

tetradic

#FCD498 #98FCA2 #98C0FC #FC98F2

square

#FCD498 #98FCA2 #98C0FC #FC98F2

split-complementary

#FCD498 #98F2FC #A298FC

monochromatic

#F9A221 #FABB5D #FCD498 #FEEDD3 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FCD498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#FCD498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD498

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD498	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.089 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b7',
    500: '#fcd498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd498;
$custom-light: #ffe1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 94.34,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89043,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD498

secondary

#5B8FDD

accent

#5CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD498

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

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