#FCE397#FCE397

#FCE397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.099 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE397
RGB	rgb(252, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -1.69, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 40.27, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.0033 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.099 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.2016, 77.8706, 40.4468)
Luminance	0.7787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE397 #97B0FC

analogous

#FCB197 #FCE397 #E2FC97

triadic

#FCE397 #97FCE3 #E397FC

tetradic

#FCE397 #97FCB1 #97B0FC #FC97E2

square

#FCE397 #97FCB1 #97B0FC #FC97E2

split-complementary

#FCE397 #97E2FC #B197FC

monochromatic

#F9C320 #FAD35C #FCE397 #FEF3D2 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#FCE397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE397

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE397	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)

#F3E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.099 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffebb6',
    500: '#fce397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce397;
$custom-light: #ffebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91949,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE397

secondary

#5A7ADD

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE397

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

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