#FCC499#FCC499

#FCC499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.086 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCC499
RGB	rgb(252, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(26, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(26, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, 14.50, 29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 32.66, 63.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% 0.0443 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.086 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.6368, 62.4789, 38.7332)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCC499 #99D1FC

analogous

#FC99A0 #FCC499 #FCF699

triadic

#FCC499 #99FCC4 #C499FC

tetradic

#FCC499 #A0FC99 #99D1FC #F699FC

square

#FCC499 #A0FC99 #99D1FC #F699FC

split-complementary

#FCC499 #99FCF6 #99A0FC

monochromatic

#F97F22 #FAA25E #FCC499 #FEE6D4 #FEEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#FCC499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#FCC499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCC499

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCC499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCC499	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcc499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.086 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd5b7',
    500: '#fcc499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcc499;
$custom-light: #ffd5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcc499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.061,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86032,
    "c": 0.08555,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCC499

secondary

#5CA5DE

accent

#82E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCC499

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

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