#FCD99C#FCD99C

#FCD99C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.087 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD99C
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(38, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(38, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 38.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, 3.95, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 34.79, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% 0.0134 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.087 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.9602, 72.7244, 41.7455)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD99C #9CBFFC

analogous

#FCA99C #FCD99C #EFFC9C

triadic

#FCD99C #9CFCD9 #D99CFC

tetradic

#FCD99C #9CFCA9 #9CBFFC #FC9CEF

square

#FCD99C #9CFCA9 #9CBFFC #FC9CEF

split-complementary

#FCD99C #9CEFFC #A99CFC

monochromatic

#F8AB25 #FAC261 #FCD99C #FEF0D7 #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#FCD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD99C

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD99C	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.087 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b9',
    500: '#fcd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd99c;
$custom-light: #ffe4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.125,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9008,
    "c": 0.08681,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD99C

secondary

#5E8DDE

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD99C

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

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