#FDC596#FDC596

#FDC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.089 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDC596
RGB	rgb(253, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(27, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(27, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 40.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, 14.04, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 34.25, 65.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% 0.0427 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.089 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.9816, 63.0209, 37.5371)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDC596 #96CEFD

analogous

#FD969B #FDC596 #FDF996

triadic

#FDC596 #96FDC5 #C596FD

tetradic

#FDC596 #9BFD96 #96CEFD #F996FD

square

#FDC596 #9BFD96 #96CEFD #F996FD

split-complementary

#FDC596 #96FDF9 #969BFD

monochromatic

#FB831E #FCA45A #FDC596 #FEE6D2 #FEEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FDC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#FDC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDC596

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDC596	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.089 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd6b5',
    500: '#fdc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdc596;
$custom-light: #ffd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.379,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86261,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDC596

secondary

#59A1DF

accent

#7DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDC596

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

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