#FDC196#FDC196

#FDC196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.089 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC196
RGB	rgb(253, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(25, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(25, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 40.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, 16.13, 29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 34.03, 61.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% 0.0489 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.089 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.0854, 61.2284, 37.2384)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC196 #96D2FD

analogous

#FD969F #FDC196 #FDF596

triadic

#FDC196 #96FDC1 #C196FD

tetradic

#FDC196 #9FFD96 #96D2FD #F596FD

square

#FDC196 #9FFD96 #96D2FD #F596FD

split-complementary

#FDC196 #96FDF5 #969FFD

monochromatic

#FB7A1E #FC9E5A #FDC196 #FEE4D2 #FEEDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FDC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#FDC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC196

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC196	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.089 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd3b5',
    500: '#fdc196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc196;
$custom-light: #ffd3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.049,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85519,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC196

secondary

#59A7DF

accent

#86E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC196

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

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