#FCD985#FCD985

#FCD985 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.110 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD985
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(42, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 47.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, 1.62, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 45.72, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% 0.0047 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.11 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.1937, 72.0178, 32.4419)
Luminance	0.7201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD985 #85A8FC

analogous

#FC9D85 #FCD985 #E3FC85

triadic

#FCD985 #85FCD9 #D985FC

tetradic

#FCD985 #85FC9D #85A8FC #FC85E3

square

#FCD985 #85FC9D #85A8FC #FC85E3

split-complementary

#FCD985 #85E3FC #9D85FC

monochromatic

#F9B40E #FBC649 #FCD985 #FDECC1 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FCD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#FCD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD985

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD985	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD77E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.110 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4aa',
    500: '#fcd985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd985;
$custom-light: #ffe4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 95.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89703,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD985

secondary

#4A75DB

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD985

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

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