#FCD991#FCD991

#FCD991 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.098 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD991
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 145)
HSL	hsl(40, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(40, 42%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 42.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, 2.78, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 40.02, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% 0.0092 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.098 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.0706, 72.3686, 37.0602)
Luminance	0.7237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD991 #91B4FC

analogous

#FCA391 #FCD991 #E9FC91

triadic

#FCD991 #91FCD9 #D991FC

tetradic

#FCD991 #91FCA3 #91B4FC #FC91E9

square

#FCD991 #91FCA3 #91B4FC #FC91E9

split-complementary

#FCD991 #91E9FC #A391FC

monochromatic

#F9B01A #FAC455 #FCD991 #FEEECD #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FCD991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#FCD991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD991

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD991	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)

#EAD88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.098 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b2',
    500: '#fcd991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd991;
$custom-light: #ffe4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.374,
    "s": 94.69,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89891,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD991

secondary

#5581DC

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD991

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

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