#FCD98F#FCD98F

#FCD98F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.100 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD98F
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 143)
HSL	hsl(41, 95%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(41, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 43.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, 2.58, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 40.97, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% 0.0084 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.1 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.9178, 72.3074, 36.2551)
Luminance	0.7230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD98F #8FB2FC

analogous

#FCA38F #FCD98F #E9FC8F

triadic

#FCD98F #8FFCD9 #D98FFC

tetradic

#FCD98F #8FFCA3 #8FB2FC #FC8FE9

square

#FCD98F #8FFCA3 #8FB2FC #FC8FE9

split-complementary

#FCD98F #8FE9FC #A38FFC

monochromatic

#F9B118 #FAC553 #FCD98F #FEEDCB #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FCD98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#FCD98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD98F

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD98F	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.100 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b0',
    500: '#fcd98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd98f;
$custom-light: #ffe4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.734,
    "s": 94.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89858,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD98F

secondary

#537FDC

accent

#4AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181510

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD98F

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

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