#FCD994#FCD994

#FCD994 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.095 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD994
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(40, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(40, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 41.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, 3.09, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 38.59, 85.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% 0.0104 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.095 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.3050, 72.4623, 38.2946)
Luminance	0.7246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD994 #94B7FC

analogous

#FCA594 #FCD994 #EBFC94

triadic

#FCD994 #94FCD9 #D994FC

tetradic

#FCD994 #94FCA5 #94B7FC #FC94EB

square

#FCD994 #94FCA5 #94B7FC #FC94EB

split-complementary

#FCD994 #94EBFC #A594FC

monochromatic

#F9AF1D #FAC458 #FCD994 #FEEED0 #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FCD994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#FCD994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD994

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD994	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.095 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b4',
    500: '#fcd994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd994;
$custom-light: #ffe4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.808,
    "s": 94.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89941,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD994

secondary

#5784DD

accent

#4DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD994

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

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