#FFD996#FFD996

#FFD996 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.094 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD996
RGB	rgb(255, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(38, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, 4.47, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 38.16, 83.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% 0.0144 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.094 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.5600, 73.0909, 39.1869)
Luminance	0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD996 #96BCFF

analogous

#FFA596 #FFD996 #F0FF96

triadic

#FFD996 #96FFD9 #D996FF

tetradic

#FFD996 #96FFA5 #96BCFF #FF96F0

square

#FFD996 #96FFA5 #96BCFF #FF96F0

split-complementary

#FFD996 #96F0FF #A596FF

monochromatic

#FFAD1C #FFC359 #FFD996 #FFEFD3 #FFF4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#FFD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD996

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD996	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.094 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4b5',
    500: '#ffd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd996;
$custom-light: #ffe4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9025,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD996

secondary

#588AE1

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD996

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

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