#FCD799#FCD799

#FCD799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.089 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD799
RGB	rgb(252, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(38, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(38, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, 4.65, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 35.69, 82.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% 0.0153 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.089 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.1970, 71.5993, 40.2533)
Luminance	0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD799 #99BEFC

analogous

#FCA699 #FCD799 #EFFC99

triadic

#FCD799 #99FCD7 #D799FC

tetradic

#FCD799 #99FCA6 #99BEFC #FC99EF

square

#FCD799 #99FCA6 #99BEFC #FC99EF

split-complementary

#FCD799 #99EFFC #A699FC

monochromatic

#F9A822 #FAC05E #FCD799 #FEEED4 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#FCD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD799

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD799	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.089 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe3b7',
    500: '#fcd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd799;
$custom-light: #ffe3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.576,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8964,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD799

secondary

#5C8CDE

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD799

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

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