#FCD996#FCD996

#FCD996 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.093 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD996
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(39, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(39, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, 3.30, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 37.64, 84.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% 0.0111 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.093 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.4647, 72.5262, 39.1355)
Luminance	0.7252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD996 #96B9FC

analogous

#FCA696 #FCD996 #ECFC96

triadic

#FCD996 #96FCD9 #D996FC

tetradic

#FCD996 #96FCA6 #96B9FC #FC96EC

square

#FCD996 #96FCA6 #96B9FC #FC96EC

split-complementary

#FCD996 #96ECFC #A696FC

monochromatic

#F9AE1F #FAC35B #FCD996 #FEEFD2 #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#FCD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD996

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD996	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)

#E9D891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.093 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b5',
    500: '#fcd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd996;
$custom-light: #ffe4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.412,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89975,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD996

secondary

#5986DD

accent

#4FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD996

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

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