#FCDE96#FCDE96

#FCDE96 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.096 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE96
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 150)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(42, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, 0.75, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 39.11, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% 0.0037 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.096 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.7730, 75.1428, 39.5716)
Luminance	0.7514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE96 #96B4FC

analogous

#FCAB96 #FCDE96 #E7FC96

triadic

#FCDE96 #96FCDE #DE96FC

tetradic

#FCDE96 #96FCAB #96B4FC #FC96E7

square

#FCDE96 #96FCAB #96B4FC #FC96E7

split-complementary

#FCDE96 #96E7FC #AB96FC

monochromatic

#F9B91F #FACB5B #FCDE96 #FEF1D2 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FCDE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#FCDE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE96

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE96	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.096 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8b5',
    500: '#fcde96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde96;
$custom-light: #ffe8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9095,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE96

secondary

#5980DD

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE96

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

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