#FCD599#FCD599

#FCD599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.088 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD599
RGB	rgb(252, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(36, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, 5.68, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 35.20, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% 0.0183 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.088 78)
XYZ	xyz(69.6908, 70.5870, 40.0846)
Luminance	0.7058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD599 #99C0FC

analogous

#FCA499 #FCD599 #F1FC99

triadic

#FCD599 #99FCD5 #D599FC

tetradic

#FCD599 #99FCA4 #99C0FC #FC99F1

square

#FCD599 #99FCA4 #99C0FC #FC99F1

split-complementary

#FCD599 #99F1FC #A499FC

monochromatic

#F9A422 #FABD5E #FCD599 #FEEDD4 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FCD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#FCD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD599

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD599	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.088 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b7',
    500: '#fcd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd599;
$custom-light: #ffe1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89254,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.70584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD599

secondary

#5C8FDE

accent

#5AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD599

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

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