#FCE396#FCE396

#FCE396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.100 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE396
RGB	rgb(252, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -1.79, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 40.75, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0037 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.1 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.1207, 77.8383, 40.0209)
Luminance	0.7784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE396 #96AFFC

analogous

#FCB096 #FCE396 #E2FC96

triadic

#FCE396 #96FCE3 #E396FC

tetradic

#FCE396 #96FCB0 #96AFFC #FC96E2

square

#FCE396 #96FCB0 #96AFFC #FC96E2

split-complementary

#FCE396 #96E2FC #B096FC

monochromatic

#F9C31F #FAD35B #FCE396 #FEF3D2 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#FCE396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE396

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE396	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.100 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebb6',
    500: '#fce396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce396;
$custom-light: #ffebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91932,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE396

secondary

#5979DD

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE396

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

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