#fcba1c

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fcba1c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

:root {
  --brand-50: #FDFAF1;
  --brand-100: #FCF5E4;
  --brand-200: #FBEAC1;
  --brand-300: #FEDD90;
  --brand-400: #FDCC59;
  --brand-500: #fcba1c;
  --brand-600: #F2AB03;
  --brand-700: #C98F03;
  --brand-800: #A17202;
  --brand-900: #745406;
  --brand-950: #493404;
  --brand: #fcba1c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F4;
  --brand-border: #EDDFC0;
  --brand-hover: #F1AB03;
  --brand-pressed: #CE9203;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242014;
    --brand-ink: #EEE6D3;
  }
}

theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDFAF1',
        100: '#FCF5E4',
        200: '#FBEAC1',
        300: '#FEDD90',
        400: '#FDCC59',
        500: '#fcba1c',
        600: '#F2AB03',
        700: '#C98F03',
        800: '#A17202',
        900: '#745406',
        950: '#493404',
        DEFAULT: '#fcba1c',
      },
    },
  },
}

$brand: (
  '50': #FDFAF1,
  '100': #FCF5E4,
  '200': #FBEAC1,
  '300': #FEDD90,
  '400': #FDCC59,
  '500': #fcba1c,
  '600': #F2AB03,
  '700': #C98F03,
  '800': #A17202,
  '900': #745406,
  '950': #493404,
);
$brand-base: #fcba1c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }

{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDFAF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCF5E4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBEAC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FEDD90", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FDCC59", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#fcba1c", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F2AB03", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C98F03", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A17202", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#745406", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#493404", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fcba1c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fcba1c.

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #fcba1c is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.041 81.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.066 81.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.099 81.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.129 81.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.153 81.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.166 81.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.166 81.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.156 81.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.139 81.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.116 81.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.091 81.8);
}

Colors that work with #fcba1c

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

How to use #fcba1c

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fcba1c over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

rgba(252, 186, 28, 0.5)
rgb(252 186 28 / 50%)
#fcba1c80
hsl(42 97% 55% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fcba1c 50%, transparent)

Gradients from #fcba1c

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FDCC58, #fcba1c 45%, #7E5902);

background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fcba1c, #88F603);

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fcba1c, #1C5EFC);

background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDD577 0%, #fcba1c 45%, #7E5902 100%);

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF9F4, #ffffff);

background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FD644E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C4FC3A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E5902 0%, transparent 65%), #fcba1c;

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#fcba1c in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.