#FFC596#FFC596

#FFC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.090 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC596
RGB	rgb(255, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(27, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(27, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, 14.82, 31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 34.84, 64.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% 0.0449 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.09 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.7137, 63.3984, 37.5714)
Luminance	0.6340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC596 #96D0FF

analogous

#FF969C #FFC596 #FFF996

triadic

#FFC596 #96FFC5 #C596FF

tetradic

#FFC596 #9CFF96 #96D0FF #F996FF

square

#FFC596 #9CFF96 #96D0FF #F996FF

split-complementary

#FFC596 #96FFF9 #969CFF

monochromatic

#FF811C #FFA359 #FFC596 #FFE7D3 #FFEEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FFC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#FFC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC596

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC596	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.090 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd6b5',
    500: '#ffc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc596;
$custom-light: #ffd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.857,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86461,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC596

secondary

#58A4E1

accent

#7FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC596

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

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