#FCD973#FCD973

#FCD973 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.127 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD973
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 54.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, 0.08, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 54.11, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0017 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.127 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.0550, 71.5623, 26.4446)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD973 #7396FC

analogous

#FC9573 #FCD973 #DAFC73

triadic

#FCD973 #73FCD9 #D973FC

tetradic

#FCD973 #73FC95 #7396FC #FC73DA

square

#FCD973 #73FC95 #7396FC #FC73DA

split-complementary

#FCD973 #73DAFC #9573FC

monochromatic

#EFB405 #FBC937 #FCD973 #FDE9AF #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#FCD973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD973

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD973	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)

#EDD66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.127 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe49e',
    500: '#fcd973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd973;
$custom-light: #ffe49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 95.804,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89459,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD973

secondary

#3B63D8

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD973

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

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