#FCE495#FCE495

#FCE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.102 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE495
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 40.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -2.40, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 41.58, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.0056 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.102 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.3149, 78.3548, 39.6900)
Luminance	0.7835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE495 #95ADFC

analogous

#FCB095 #FCE495 #E0FC95

triadic

#FCE495 #95FCE4 #E495FC

tetradic

#FCE495 #95FCB0 #95ADFC #FC95E0

square

#FCE495 #95FCB0 #95ADFC #FC95E0

split-complementary

#FCE495 #95E0FC #B095FC

monochromatic

#F9C61E #FAD559 #FCE495 #FEF3D1 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FCE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#FCE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE495

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE495	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.102 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb5',
    500: '#fce495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce495;
$custom-light: #ffecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 94.495,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92114,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE495

secondary

#5877DD

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE495

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

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