#FCD997#FCD997

#FCD997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.092 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD997
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(39, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(39, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, 3.41, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 37.16, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% 0.0115 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.092 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5455, 72.5585, 39.5614)
Luminance	0.7256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD997 #97BAFC

analogous

#FCA797 #FCD997 #EDFC97

triadic

#FCD997 #97FCD9 #D997FC

tetradic

#FCD997 #97FCA7 #97BAFC #FC97ED

square

#FCD997 #97FCA7 #97BAFC #FC97ED

split-complementary

#FCD997 #97EDFC #A797FC

monochromatic

#F9AE20 #FAC35C #FCD997 #FEEFD2 #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#FCD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD997

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD997	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.092 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b6',
    500: '#fcd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd997;
$custom-light: #ffe4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.208,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89992,
    "c": 0.092,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD997

secondary

#5A87DD

accent

#50E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD997

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

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