#FCD499#FCD499

#FCD499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.088 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD499
RGB	rgb(252, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(36, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, 6.19, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 34.97, 79.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% 0.0198 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.088 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.4401, 70.0855, 40.0010)
Luminance	0.7008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD499 #99C1FC

analogous

#FCA399 #FCD499 #F2FC99

triadic

#FCD499 #99FCD4 #D499FC

tetradic

#FCD499 #99FCA3 #99C1FC #FC99F2

square

#FCD499 #99FCA3 #99C1FC #FC99F2

split-complementary

#FCD499 #99F2FC #A399FC

monochromatic

#F9A222 #FABB5E #FCD499 #FEEDD4 #FEF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FCD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#FCD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD499

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD499	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.088 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b7',
    500: '#fcd499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd499;
$custom-light: #ffe1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.758,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89061,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD499

secondary

#5C90DE

accent

#5DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD499

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

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