Sand Yellow#FCE166

#FCE166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.144 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Sand Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FCE166
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 59.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -4.91, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 62.38, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0176 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.144 97)
XYZ	xyz(69.4712, 75.5083, 23.4830)
Luminance	0.7550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE166 #6681FC

analogous

#FC9666 #FCE166 #CCFC66

triadic

#FCE166 #66FCE1 #E166FC

tetradic

#FCE166 #66FC96 #6681FC #FC66CC

square

#FCE166 #66FC96 #6681FC #FC66CC

split-complementary

#FCE166 #66CCFC #9666FC

monochromatic

#E3BB04 #FBD52A #FCE166 #FDEDA2 #FEF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FCE166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#FCE166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE166

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE166	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.144 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea96',
    500: '#fce166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce166;
$custom-light: #ffea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90897,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.75505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE166

secondary

#304ED6

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE166

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

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