#FCD597#FCD597

#FCD597 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.090 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD597
RGB	rgb(252, 213, 151)
HSL	hsl(37, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(37, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, 5.46, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 36.13, 81.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% 0.0175 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.09 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.5270, 70.5215, 39.2219)
Luminance	0.7052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD597 #97BEFC

analogous

#FCA397 #FCD597 #F0FC97

triadic

#FCD597 #97FCD5 #D597FC

tetradic

#FCD597 #97FCA3 #97BEFC #FC97F0

square

#FCD597 #97FCA3 #97BEFC #FC97F0

split-complementary

#FCD597 #97F0FC #A397FC

monochromatic

#F9A520 #FABD5C #FCD597 #FEEDD2 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FCD597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#FCD597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD597

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD597	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)

#E5D593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 213, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.090 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b6',
    500: '#fcd597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd597;
$custom-light: #ffe1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.832,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89218,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD597

secondary

#5A8DDD

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD597

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

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