#FCDE97#FCDE97

#FCDE97 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.095 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE97
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(42, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, 0.85, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 38.63, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% 0.004 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.095 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.8539, 75.1752, 39.9975)
Luminance	0.7517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE97 #97B5FC

analogous

#FCAC97 #FCDE97 #E8FC97

triadic

#FCDE97 #97FCDE #DE97FC

tetradic

#FCDE97 #97FCAC #97B5FC #FC97E8

square

#FCDE97 #97FCAC #97B5FC #FC97E8

split-complementary

#FCDE97 #97E8FC #AC97FC

monochromatic

#F9B820 #FACB5C #FCDE97 #FEF1D2 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FCDE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#FCDE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE97

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE97	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)

#EEDC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.095 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8b6',
    500: '#fcde97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde97;
$custom-light: #ffe8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.178,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90967,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE97

secondary

#5A81DD

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE97

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

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