#FCE595#FCE595

#FCE595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.103 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE595
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 149)
HSL	hsl(47, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 40.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -2.91, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 41.94, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.007 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.103 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.5907, 78.9066, 39.7820)
Luminance	0.7890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE595 #95ACFC

analogous

#FCB195 #FCE595 #DFFC95

triadic

#FCE595 #95FCE5 #E595FC

tetradic

#FCE595 #95FCB1 #95ACFC #FC95DF

square

#FCE595 #95FCB1 #95ACFC #FC95DF

split-complementary

#FCE595 #95DFFC #B195FC

monochromatic

#F9C81E #FAD659 #FCE595 #FEF4D1 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FCE595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#FCE595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE595

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE595	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.103 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb5',
    500: '#fce595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce595;
$custom-light: #ffedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.602,
    "s": 94.495,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92311,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE595

secondary

#5876DD

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE595

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

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