#FC996D#FC996D

#FC996D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.133 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC996D
RGB	rgb(252, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(18, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(18, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 56.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 32.90, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 50.80, 49.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% 0.095 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.133 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3002, 44.5872, 20.2115)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC996D #6DD0FC

analogous

#FC6D88 #FC996D #FCE16D

triadic

#FC996D #6DFC99 #996DFC

tetradic

#FC996D #88FC6D #6DD0FC #E16DFC

square

#FC996D #88FC6D #6DD0FC #E16DFC

split-complementary

#FC996D #6DFCE1 #6D88FC

monochromatic

#EA4B05 #FB6F31 #FC996D #FDC3A9 #FEEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#FC996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#FC996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC996D

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC996D	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.133 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb897',
    500: '#fc996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc996d;
$custom-light: #ffb897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 95.973,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77628,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC996D

secondary

#CFEAF6

accent

#9FE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110D

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC996D

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

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