#FCDF99#FCDF99

#FCDF99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.094 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDF99
RGB	rgb(252, 223, 153)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(42, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.75, 0.56, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.75, 37.98, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% 0.0033 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.094 88)
XYZ	xyz(72.2841, 75.7735, 40.9490)
Luminance	0.7577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDF99 #99B6FC

analogous

#FCAE99 #FCDF99 #E8FC99

triadic

#FCDF99 #99FCDF #DF99FC

tetradic

#FCDF99 #99FCAE #99B6FC #FC99E8

square

#FCDF99 #99FCAE #99B6FC #FC99E8

split-complementary

#FCDF99 #99E8FC #AE99FC

monochromatic

#F9BA22 #FACC5E #FCDF99 #FEF2D4 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FCDF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#FCDF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDF99

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDF99	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 223, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.094 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8b7',
    500: '#fcdf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdf99;
$custom-light: #ffe8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.424,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91196,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.75771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDF99

secondary

#5C82DE

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDF99

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

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