#FCD497#FCD497

#FCD497 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.090 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD497
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 151)
HSL	hsl(36, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.01, 5.98, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.01, 35.90, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% 0.019 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.09 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.2763, 70.0200, 39.1383)
Luminance	0.7002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD497 #97BFFC

analogous

#FCA297 #FCD497 #F1FC97

triadic

#FCD497 #97FCD4 #D497FC

tetradic

#FCD497 #97FCA2 #97BFFC #FC97F1

square

#FCD497 #97FCA2 #97BFFC #FC97F1

split-complementary

#FCD497 #97F1FC #A297FC

monochromatic

#F9A320 #FABB5C #FCD497 #FEEDD2 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FCD497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#FCD497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD497

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD497	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)

#E4D493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.090 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b6',
    500: '#fcd497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd497;
$custom-light: #ffe1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.238,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89026,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD497

secondary

#5A8EDD

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD497

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

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