#FCDE8B#FCDE8B

#FCDE8B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.108 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE8B
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 139)
HSL	hsl(44, 95%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 44.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -0.36, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 44.39, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0005 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.108 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.9285, 74.8050, 35.1238)
Luminance	0.7480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE8B #8BA9FC

analogous

#FCA68B #FCDE8B #E2FC8B

triadic

#FCDE8B #8BFCDE #DE8BFC

tetradic

#FCDE8B #8BFCA6 #8BA9FC #FC8BE2

square

#FCDE8B #8BFCA6 #8BA9FC #FC8BE2

split-complementary

#FCDE8B #8BE2FC #A68BFC

monochromatic

#F9BC14 #FACD4F #FCDE8B #FEEFC7 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FCDE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#FCDE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE8B

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE8B	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.108 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8ae',
    500: '#fcde8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde8b;
$custom-light: #ffe8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.071,
    "s": 94.958,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90773,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE8B

secondary

#5075DC

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE8B

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

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