#FCD97E#FCD97E

#FCD97E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.117 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD97E
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(43, 95%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 50%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 50%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, 0.99, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 49.01, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% 0.0022 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.117 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.7262, 71.8308, 29.9793)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD97E #7EA1FC

analogous

#FC9A7E #FCD97E #E0FC7E

triadic

#FCD97E #7EFCD9 #D97EFC

tetradic

#FCD97E #7EFC9A #7EA1FC #FC7EE0

square

#FCD97E #7EFC9A #7EA1FC #FC7EE0

split-complementary

#FCD97E #7EE0FC #9A7EFC

monochromatic

#F9B606 #FBC742 #FCD97E #FDEBBA #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#FCD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD97E

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD97E	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.117 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4a5',
    500: '#fcd97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd97e;
$custom-light: #ffe4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 95.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89603,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD97E

secondary

#446EDA

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD97E

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

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