#FFC496#FFC496

#FFC496 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.091 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC496
RGB	rgb(255, 196, 150)
HSL	hsl(26, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(26, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, 15.34, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 34.78, 63.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% 0.0464 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.091 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.4874, 62.9458, 37.4960)
Luminance	0.6294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC496 #96D1FF

analogous

#FF969D #FFC496 #FFF996

triadic

#FFC496 #96FFC4 #C496FF

tetradic

#FFC496 #9DFF96 #96D1FF #F996FF

square

#FFC496 #9DFF96 #96D1FF #F996FF

split-complementary

#FFC496 #96FFF9 #969DFF

monochromatic

#FF7F1C #FFA259 #FFC496 #FFE6D3 #FFEEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#FFC496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#FFC496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC496

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC496	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 196, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.091 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd6b5',
    500: '#ffc496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc496;
$custom-light: #ffd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86275,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC496

secondary

#58A5E1

accent

#81E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC496

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

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