#FFC99D

sRGB: 255 / 201 / 157

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls cascade across forgotten valleys
Rising tides shatter the chains of fate

#FFC99D belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 201 green and 157 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 26.9° lands in the orange region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 201, 157
HSL: 26.94°, 100.00%, 80.78%
HSV / HSB: 26.94°, 38.43%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 21.18%, 38.43%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.210, 65.469, 40.943
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.725, 13.494, 29.317
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65468
24-bit decimal: 16763293

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FFC99D in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#9DD3FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFC99D on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FFC99D #9DD3FF

Analogous

#FF9DA2 and #FFFA9D sit 30° to either side of #FFC99D. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FF9DA2 #FFC99D #FFFA9D

Triadic

#FFC99D, #9DFFC9 and #C99DFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFC99D #9DFFC9 #C99DFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFC99D and look across the wheel. #9DFFFA and #9DA2FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFC99D #9DFFFA #9DA2FF

Square

Starting with #FFC99D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A2FF9D, #9DD3FF, then #FA9DFF. Across the square, #FFC99D pairs with #9DD3FF, and #A2FF9D with #FA9DFF.

#FFC99D #A2FF9D #9DD3FF #FA9DFF

Tetradic

#FFC99D and #9DD3FF are opposites, as are #D3FF9D and #C99DFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFC99D #D3FF9D #9DD3FF #C99DFF

Tints

Mixing #FFC99D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFD4B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF4EB, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFC99D #FFD4B1 #FFDFC4 #FFE9D8 #FFF4EB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFC99D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCA17E, keeps 80% of the original. By #33281F, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFC99D #CCA17E #99795E #66503F #33281F #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFC99D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6BA97, keeps 80% of the original. By #998F86, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFC99D #E6BA97 #CCAC91 #B39D8C #998F86 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FFC99D

RGB

rgb(255 201 157)

HSL

hsl(26.939 100.000% 80.784%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFC99D;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFC99D uses 255 red, 201 green and 157 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 78.8%

Blue 61.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFC99D is 0.0% cyan, 21.2% magenta, 38.4% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 21.2%

Yellow 38.4%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFCC99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FC9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFC99D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFCC99 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#FFC99D #EFCBAD #DECCBE #CECECE #BED0DE #ADD1EF #9DD3FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFC99D appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#DACD9A

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E6D89E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFBEBD

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E8CD9B

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EDD39D

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFC7AA

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D3D3D3

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#EBCEBB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 1.00000 G 0.58408 B 0.33716

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.96681 G 0.79648 B 0.63930

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.92616 G 0.59788 B 0.36636

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.391 y 0.375 Y 65.469

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.000 M % 21.176 Y % 38.431

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111111 11001001 10011101