#FCD99F#FCD99F

#FCD99F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.084 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD99F
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(37, 94%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(37, 37%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 36.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, 4.29, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 33.37, 82.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% 0.0146 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.084 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.2174, 72.8273, 43.0999)
Luminance	0.7282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD99F #9FC2FC

analogous

#FCAA9F #FCD99F #F1FC9F

triadic

#FCD99F #9FFCD9 #D99FFC

tetradic

#FCD99F #9FFCAA #9FC2FC #FC9FF1

square

#FCD99F #9FFCAA #9FC2FC #FC9FF1

split-complementary

#FCD99F #9FF1FC #AA9FFC

monochromatic

#F8AA28 #FAC264 #FCD99F #FEF0DA #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCD99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#FCD99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD99F

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD99F	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)

#E8D99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.084 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4bc',
    500: '#fcd99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd99f;
$custom-light: #ffe4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.419,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90135,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD99F

secondary

#6190DE

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181512

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD99F

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

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