#FCDE99#FCDE99

#FCDE99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.093 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE99
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(42, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, 1.07, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 37.66, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91% 0.0048 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.093 87)
XYZ	xyz(72.0177, 75.2407, 40.8602)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE99 #99B7FC

analogous

#FCAD99 #FCDE99 #E9FC99

triadic

#FCDE99 #99FCDE #DE99FC

tetradic

#FCDE99 #99FCAD #99B7FC #FC99E9

square

#FCDE99 #99FCAD #99B7FC #FC99E9

split-complementary

#FCDE99 #99E9FC #AD99FC

monochromatic

#F9B822 #FACB5E #FCDE99 #FEF1D4 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FCDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#FCDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE99

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE99	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.093 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8b7',
    500: '#fcde99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde99;
$custom-light: #ffe8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91001,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.75238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE99

secondary

#5C83DE

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE99

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

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