#FFD596#FFD596

#FFD596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.093 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD596
RGB	rgb(255, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(36, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, 6.53, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 37.19, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% 0.0204 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.093 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.5414, 71.0539, 38.8473)
Luminance	0.7105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD596 #96C0FF

analogous

#FFA196 #FFD596 #F5FF96

triadic

#FFD596 #96FFD5 #D596FF

tetradic

#FFD596 #96FFA1 #96C0FF #FF96F5

square

#FFD596 #96FFA1 #96C0FF #FF96F5

split-complementary

#FFD596 #96F5FF #A196FF

monochromatic

#FFA41C #FFBD59 #FFD596 #FFEDD3 #FFF3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FFD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#FFD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD596

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD596	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.093 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1b5',
    500: '#ffd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd596;
$custom-light: #ffe1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89481,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD596

secondary

#588FE1

accent

#5CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD596

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

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