#FCD596#FCD596

#FCD596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.091 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD596
RGB	rgb(252, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(37, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.24, 5.36, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.24, 36.60, 81.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% 0.0171 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.091 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.4461, 70.4891, 38.7960)
Luminance	0.7049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD596 #96BDFC

analogous

#FCA296 #FCD596 #F0FC96

triadic

#FCD596 #96FCD5 #D596FC

tetradic

#FCD596 #96FCA2 #96BDFC #FC96F0

square

#FCD596 #96FCA2 #96BDFC #FC96F0

split-complementary

#FCD596 #96F0FC #A296FC

monochromatic

#F9A51F #FABD5B #FCD596 #FEEDD2 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FCD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#FCD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD596

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD596	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.091 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b5',
    500: '#fcd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd596;
$custom-light: #ffe1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89201,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD596

secondary

#598CDD

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD596

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

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