#FFBC99#FFBC99

#FFBC99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.091 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFBC99
RGB	rgb(255, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(21, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(21, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, 19.85, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 33.66, 53.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% 0.06 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.091 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.9754, 59.5304, 38.1990)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFBC99 #99DCFF

analogous

#FF99A9 #FFBC99 #FFEF99

triadic

#FFBC99 #99FFBC #BC99FF

tetradic

#FFBC99 #A9FF99 #99DCFF #EF99FF

square

#FFBC99 #A9FF99 #99DCFF #EF99FF

split-complementary

#FFBC99 #99FFEF #99A9FF

monochromatic

#FF6C1F #FF945C #FFBC99 #FFE4D6 #FFEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#FFBC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#FFBC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFBC99

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFBC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFBC99	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffbc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.091 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd0b7',
    500: '#ffbc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffbc99;
$custom-light: #ffd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffbc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.588,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84867,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFBC99

secondary

#5AB3E2

accent

#97E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFBC99

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

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