#FCD995#FCD995

#FCD995 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.094 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD995
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(40, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(40, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 40.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, 3.20, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 38.11, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% 0.0107 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.094 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.3845, 72.4941, 38.7132)
Luminance	0.7249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD995 #95B8FC

analogous

#FCA595 #FCD995 #EBFC95

triadic

#FCD995 #95FCD9 #D995FC

tetradic

#FCD995 #95FCA5 #95B8FC #FC95EB

square

#FCD995 #95FCA5 #95B8FC #FC95EB

split-complementary

#FCD995 #95EBFC #A595FC

monochromatic

#F9AE1E #FAC459 #FCD995 #FEEED1 #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCD995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#FCD995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD995

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD995	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.094 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b5',
    500: '#fcd995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd995;
$custom-light: #ffe4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.612,
    "s": 94.495,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89958,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD995

secondary

#5885DD

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD995

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

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