#FCE09F#FCE09F

#FCE09F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.088 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE09F
RGB	rgb(252, 224, 159)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(42, 37%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 36.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, 0.71, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 35.39, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% 0.0042 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.088 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.0601, 76.5126, 43.7141)
Luminance	0.7651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE09F #9FBBFC

analogous

#FCB19F #FCE09F #EAFC9F

triadic

#FCE09F #9FFCE0 #E09FFC

tetradic

#FCE09F #9FFCB1 #9FBBFC #FC9FEA

square

#FCE09F #9FFCB1 #9FBBFC #FC9FEA

split-complementary

#FCE09F #9FEAFC #B19FFC

monochromatic

#F8BA28 #FACD64 #FCE09F #FEF3DA #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FCE09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#FCE09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE09F

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE09F	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 224, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.088 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee9bc',
    500: '#fce09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce09f;
$custom-light: #fee9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.935,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91497,
    "c": 0.08788,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE09F

secondary

#6187DE

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE09F

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

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