#FCD99E#FCD99E

#FCD99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.085 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD99E
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(38, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(38, 37%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 37.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, 4.17, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 33.84, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% 0.0142 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.085 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.1310, 72.7927, 42.6447)
Luminance	0.7279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD99E #9EC1FC

analogous

#FCAA9E #FCD99E #F0FC9E

triadic

#FCD99E #9EFCD9 #D99EFC

tetradic

#FCD99E #9EFCAA #9EC1FC #FC9EF0

square

#FCD99E #9EFCAA #9EC1FC #FC9EF0

split-complementary

#FCD99E #9EF0FC #AA9EFC

monochromatic

#F8AA27 #FAC263 #FCD99E #FEF0D9 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCD99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#FCD99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD99E

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD99E	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.085 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4bb',
    500: '#fcd99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd99e;
$custom-light: #ffe4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.66,
    "s": 94,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90117,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD99E

secondary

#608FDE

accent

#55E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181512

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD99E

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

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