#FCE46E#FCE46E
#FCE46E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.140 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FCE46E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(252, 228, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 96%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 56%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 56.3%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.46, -5.85, 59.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.46, 59.85, 95.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.58% -0.0194 0.1387) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.58% 0.14 98) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.7054, 77.3110, 25.9470) |
| Luminance | 0.7731 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 1.08
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.12
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 2.25
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.90
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.96
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FCE46E #6E86FC
analogous
#FC9D6E #FCE46E #CDFC6E
triadic
#FCE46E #6EFCE4 #E46EFC
tetradic
#FCE46E #6EFC9D #6E86FC #FC6ECD
square
#FCE46E #6EFC9D #6E86FC #FC6ECD
split-complementary
#FCE46E #6ECDFC #9D6EFC
monochromatic
#EBC405 #FBD932 #FCE46E #FDEFAA #FEF9E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.28
#FCE46E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.46
#FCE46E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FCE46E
16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FCE46E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FCE46E | 1.00 | 1.28 | 16.46 | 16.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DF62
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE773
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD5CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E4E4E4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fce46e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.140 98.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffec9b',
500: '#fce46e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fce46e; $custom-light: #ffec9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fce46e",
"rgb": {
"r": 252,
"g": 228,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.859,
"s": 95.946,
"l": 70.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91582,
"c": 0.14,
"h": 98
},
"luminance": 0.77308
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FCE46E
secondary
#3752D8
accent
#27E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F