#FCD879#FCD879

#FCD879 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.121 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD879
RGB	rgb(252, 216, 121)
HSL	hsl(44, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(44, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, 1.07, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 51.05, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% 0.0019 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.121 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.1546, 71.1910, 28.2368)
Luminance	0.7119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD879 #799DFC

analogous

#FC9679 #FCD879 #DFFC79

triadic

#FCD879 #79FCD8 #D879FC

tetradic

#FCD879 #79FC96 #799DFC #FC79DF

square

#FCD879 #79FC96 #799DFC #FC79DF

split-complementary

#FCD879 #79DFFC #9679FC

monochromatic

#F5B305 #FBC73D #FCD879 #FDE9B5 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FCD879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#FCD879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD879

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD879	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 216, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.121 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe3a2',
    500: '#fcd879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd879;
$custom-light: #ffe3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89339,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD879

secondary

#406AD9

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD879

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

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