#FCB499#FCB499

#FCB499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.092 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCB499
RGB	rgb(252, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(16, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(16, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, 22.89, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 33.31, 46.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% 0.0693 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.092 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2183, 55.6420, 37.5937)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCB499 #99E1FC

analogous

#FC99B0 #FCB499 #FCE699

triadic

#FCB499 #99FCB4 #B499FC

tetradic

#FCB499 #B0FC99 #99E1FC #E699FC

square

#FCB499 #B0FC99 #99E1FC #E699FC

split-complementary

#FCB499 #99FCE6 #99B0FC

monochromatic

#F95D22 #FA885E #FCB499 #FEE0D4 #FEE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#FCB499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#FCB499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCB499

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCB499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCB499	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcb499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.092 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcab7',
    500: '#fcb499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcb499;
$custom-light: #ffcab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcb499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83111,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCB499

secondary

#5CBADE

accent

#A7E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCB499

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

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