#FCD59E#FCD59E

#FCD59E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.083 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD59E
RGB	rgb(252, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(35, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(35, 37%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 37.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.37, 6.23, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.37, 32.87, 79.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% 0.0202 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.083 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.1125, 70.7556, 42.3052)
Luminance	0.7075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD59E #9EC5FC

analogous

#FCA69E #FCD59E #F4FC9E

triadic

#FCD59E #9EFCD5 #D59EFC

tetradic

#FCD59E #9EFCA6 #9EC5FC #FC9EF4

square

#FCD59E #9EFCA6 #9EC5FC #FC9EF4

split-complementary

#FCD59E #9EF4FC #A69EFC

monochromatic

#F8A227 #FABB63 #FCD59E #FEEFD9 #FEF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FCD59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#FCD59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD59E

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD59E	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.083 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1bb',
    500: '#fcd59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd59e;
$custom-light: #ffe1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.106,
    "s": 94,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89345,
    "c": 0.08297,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD59E

secondary

#6094DE

accent

#5FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181512

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD59E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →