#FED996#FED996

#FED996 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.094 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FED996
RGB	rgb(254, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(39, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(39, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, 4.08, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 37.98, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% 0.0133 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.094 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.1930, 72.9017, 39.1697)
Luminance	0.7290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FED996 #96BBFE

analogous

#FEA596 #FED996 #EFFE96

triadic

#FED996 #96FED9 #D996FE

tetradic

#FED996 #96FEA5 #96BBFE #FE96EF

square

#FED996 #96FEA5 #96BBFE #FE96EF

split-complementary

#FED996 #96EFFE #A596FE

monochromatic

#FDAD1D #FDC359 #FED996 #FFEFD3 #FFF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FED996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#FED996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FED996

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FED996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FED996	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fed996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.094 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b5',
    500: '#fed996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fed996;
$custom-light: #ffe4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fed996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.654,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90158,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FED996

secondary

#5889E0

accent

#52E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FED996

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

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