#FCE299#FCE299

#FCE299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.096 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE299
RGB	rgb(252, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -0.97, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 38.96, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0011 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.096 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.0927, 77.3907, 41.2185)
Luminance	0.7739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE299 #99B3FC

analogous

#FCB199 #FCE299 #E5FC99

triadic

#FCE299 #99FCE2 #E299FC

tetradic

#FCE299 #99FCB1 #99B3FC #FC99E5

square

#FCE299 #99FCB1 #99B3FC #FC99E5

split-complementary

#FCE299 #99E5FC #B199FC

monochromatic

#F9C022 #FAD15E #FCE299 #FEF3D4 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FCE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE299

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE299	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.096 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebb8',
    500: '#fce299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce299;
$custom-light: #ffebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.242,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91785,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE299

secondary

#5C7EDE

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE299

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

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