#FCD981#FCD981

#FCD981 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.114 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD981
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(43, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, 1.25, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 47.61, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% 0.0032 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.114 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.9226, 71.9094, 31.0141)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD981 #81A4FC

analogous

#FC9C81 #FCD981 #E1FC81

triadic

#FCD981 #81FCD9 #D981FC

tetradic

#FCD981 #81FC9C #81A4FC #FC81E1

square

#FCD981 #81FC9C #81A4FC #FC81E1

split-complementary

#FCD981 #81E1FC #9C81FC

monochromatic

#F9B509 #FBC745 #FCD981 #FDEBBD #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#FCD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD981

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD981	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD77A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.114 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4a7',
    500: '#fcd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd981;
$custom-light: #ffe4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89645,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD981

secondary

#4771DA

accent

#41E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD981

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

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