#FCD97C#FCD97C

#FCD97C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.119 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD97C
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(44, 96%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 50.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, 0.82, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 49.95, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% 0.0014 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.119 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.5984, 71.7797, 29.3064)
Luminance	0.7178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD97C #7C9FFC

analogous

#FC997C #FCD97C #DFFC7C

triadic

#FCD97C #7CFCD9 #D97CFC

tetradic

#FCD97C #7CFC99 #7C9FFC #FC7CDF

square

#FCD97C #7CFC99 #7C9FFC #FC7CDF

split-complementary

#FCD97C #7CDFFC #997CFC

monochromatic

#F8B606 #FBC840 #FCD97C #FDEAB8 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#FCD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD97C

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD97C	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.119 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4a4',
    500: '#fcd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd97c;
$custom-light: #ffe4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 95.522,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89576,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD97C

secondary

#436CDA

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD97C

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

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