#FFD972#FFD972

#FFD972 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.129 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD972
RGB	rgb(255, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, 1.22, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 54.97, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% 0.0013 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.129 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.0930, 72.1042, 26.1945)
Luminance	0.7210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD972 #7298FF

analogous

#FF9372 #FFD972 #DEFF72

triadic

#FFD972 #72FFD9 #D972FF

tetradic

#FFD972 #72FF93 #7298FF #FF72DE

square

#FFD972 #72FF93 #7298FF #FF72DE

split-complementary

#FFD972 #72DEFF #9372FF

monochromatic

#F7B400 #FFC935 #FFD972 #FFE9AF #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FFD972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#FFD972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD972

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD972	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.129 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe49d',
    500: '#ffd972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd972;
$custom-light: #ffe49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89725,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD972

secondary

#3965DC

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD972

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

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