#FCE499#FCE499

#FCE499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.097 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE499
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -1.98, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 39.64, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(92.18% -0.004 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(92.18% 0.097 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.6397, 78.4848, 41.4009)
Luminance	0.7848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE499 #99B1FC

analogous

#FCB399 #FCE499 #E2FC99

triadic

#FCE499 #99FCE4 #E499FC

tetradic

#FCE499 #99FCB3 #99B1FC #FC99E2

square

#FCE499 #99FCB3 #99B1FC #FC99E2

split-complementary

#FCE499 #99E2FC #B399FC

monochromatic

#F9C522 #FAD45E #FCE499 #FEF4D4 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FCE499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#FCE499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE499

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE499	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.097 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb8',
    500: '#fce499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce499;
$custom-light: #ffecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92179,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE499

secondary

#5C7BDE

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE499

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

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