#FCE196#FCE196

#FCE196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.098 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE196
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(44, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(44, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -0.78, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 40.07, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.54% -0.0008 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(91.54% 0.098 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.5769, 76.7506, 39.8396)
Luminance	0.7675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE196 #96B1FC

analogous

#FCAE96 #FCE196 #E4FC96

triadic

#FCE196 #96FCE1 #E196FC

tetradic

#FCE196 #96FCAE #96B1FC #FC96E4

square

#FCE196 #96FCAE #96B1FC #FC96E4

split-complementary

#FCE196 #96E4FC #AE96FC

monochromatic

#F9BF1F #FAD05B #FCE196 #FEF2D2 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FCE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#FCE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE196

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE196	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.098 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeab5',
    500: '#fce196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce196;
$custom-light: #ffeab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91538,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE196

secondary

#597CDD

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE196

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

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