#FCD978#FCD978

#FCD978 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.123 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD978
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(44, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(44, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, 0.48, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 51.81, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% 0 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.123 90)
XYZ	xyz(68.3506, 71.6805, 28.0011)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD978 #789BFC

analogous

#FC9778 #FCD978 #DDFC78

triadic

#FCD978 #78FCD9 #D978FC

tetradic

#FCD978 #78FC97 #789BFC #FC78DD

square

#FCD978 #78FC97 #789BFC #FC78DD

split-complementary

#FCD978 #78DDFC #9778FC

monochromatic

#F4B505 #FBC83C #FCD978 #FDEAB4 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#FCD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD978

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD978	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.123 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4a1',
    500: '#fcd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd978;
$custom-light: #ffe4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89522,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.71677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD978

secondary

#3F68D9

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD978

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

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