#FCD591#FCD591

#FCD591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.096 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD591
RGB	rgb(252, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(38, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(38, 42%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 42.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, 4.83, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 38.95, 82.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% 0.0152 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.096 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.0521, 70.3315, 36.7207)
Luminance	0.7033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD591 #91B8FC

analogous

#FC9F91 #FCD591 #EDFC91

triadic

#FCD591 #91FCD5 #D591FC

tetradic

#FCD591 #91FC9F #91B8FC #FC91ED

square

#FCD591 #91FC9F #91B8FC #FC91ED

split-complementary

#FCD591 #91EDFC #9F91FC

monochromatic

#F9A81A #FABE55 #FCD591 #FEECCD #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FCD591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#FCD591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD591

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD591	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.096 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b2',
    500: '#fcd591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd591;
$custom-light: #ffe1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.131,
    "s": 94.69,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89115,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD591

secondary

#5586DC

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD591

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

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