#FCD972#FCD972

#FCD972 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.128 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD972
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 54.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, 0.00, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 54.57, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.002 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.128 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.9978, 71.5394, 26.1432)
Luminance	0.7154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD972 #7295FC

analogous

#FC9472 #FCD972 #DAFC72

triadic

#FCD972 #72FCD9 #D972FC

tetradic

#FCD972 #72FC94 #7295FC #FC72DA

square

#FCD972 #72FC94 #7295FC #FC72DA

split-complementary

#FCD972 #72DAFC #9472FC

monochromatic

#EFB305 #FBC936 #FCD972 #FDE9AE #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#FCD972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD972

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD972	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.128 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe49d',
    500: '#fcd972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd972;
$custom-light: #ffe49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89447,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD972

secondary

#3A62D8

accent

#3AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD972

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

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