#FCD196#FCD196

#FCD196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.089 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD196
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(35, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(35, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.26, 7.42, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.26, 35.70, 78.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% 0.0232 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.089 75)
XYZ	xyz(68.4524, 68.5017, 38.4648)
Luminance	0.6850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD196 #96C1FC

analogous

#FC9E96 #FCD196 #F4FC96

triadic

#FCD196 #96FCD1 #D196FC

tetradic

#FCD196 #96FC9E #96C1FC #FC96F4

square

#FCD196 #96FC9E #96C1FC #FC96F4

split-complementary

#FCD196 #96F4FC #9E96FC

monochromatic

#F99D1F #FAB75B #FCD196 #FEEBD2 #FEF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FCD196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#FCD196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD196

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD196	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.089 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdfb5',
    500: '#fcd196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd196;
$custom-light: #ffdfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.706,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88432,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.68498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD196

secondary

#5991DD

accent

#61E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD196

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

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