#FCD579#FCD579

#FCD579 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.119 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD579
RGB	rgb(252, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, 2.61, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 50.21, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% 0.0063 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.119 87)
XYZ	xyz(67.3930, 69.6679, 27.9829)
Luminance	0.6966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD579 #79A0FC

analogous

#FC9379 #FCD579 #E2FC79

triadic

#FCD579 #79FCD5 #D579FC

tetradic

#FCD579 #79FC93 #79A0FC #FC79E2

square

#FCD579 #79FC93 #79A0FC #FC79E2

split-complementary

#FCD579 #79E2FC #9379FC

monochromatic

#F5AE05 #FBC23D #FCD579 #FDE8B5 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#FCD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#FCD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD579

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD579	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.119 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1a1',
    500: '#fcd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd579;
$custom-light: #ffe1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88753,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.69664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD579

secondary

#406ED9

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD579

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

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