#FCD496#FCD496

#FCD496 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.091 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD496
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 150)
HSL	hsl(36, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.99, 5.87, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.99, 36.36, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% 0.0186 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.091 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.1954, 69.9876, 38.7124)
Luminance	0.6998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD496 #96BEFC

analogous

#FCA196 #FCD496 #F1FC96

triadic

#FCD496 #96FCD4 #D496FC

tetradic

#FCD496 #96FCA1 #96BEFC #FC96F1

square

#FCD496 #96FCA1 #96BEFC #FC96F1

split-complementary

#FCD496 #96F1FC #A196FC

monochromatic

#F9A31F #FABC5B #FCD496 #FEECD2 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FCD496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#FCD496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD496

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD496	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.091 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b5',
    500: '#fcd496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd496;
$custom-light: #ffe1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89008,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD496

secondary

#598DDD

accent

#5AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD496

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

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