#FCD990#FCD990

#FCD990 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.099 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD990
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 144)
HSL	hsl(41, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(41, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 42.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, 2.68, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 40.49, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% 0.0088 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.099 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.9939, 72.3379, 36.6559)
Luminance	0.7234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD990 #90B3FC

analogous

#FCA390 #FCD990 #E9FC90

triadic

#FCD990 #90FCD9 #D990FC

tetradic

#FCD990 #90FCA3 #90B3FC #FC90E9

square

#FCD990 #90FCA3 #90B3FC #FC90E9

split-complementary

#FCD990 #90E9FC #A390FC

monochromatic

#F9B019 #FAC554 #FCD990 #FEEDCC #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FCD990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#FCD990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD990

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD990	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.099 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b1',
    500: '#fcd990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd990;
$custom-light: #ffe4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.556,
    "s": 94.737,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89874,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD990

secondary

#5480DC

accent

#4AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD990

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

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