#FCE596#FCE596

#FCE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.101 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE596
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -2.80, 41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 41.45, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0067 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.101 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.6709, 78.9387, 40.2043)
Luminance	0.7894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE596 #96ADFC

analogous

#FCB296 #FCE596 #E0FC96

triadic

#FCE596 #96FCE5 #E596FC

tetradic

#FCE596 #96FCB2 #96ADFC #FC96E0

square

#FCE596 #96FCB2 #96ADFC #FC96E0

split-complementary

#FCE596 #96E0FC #B296FC

monochromatic

#F9C81F #FAD65B #FCE596 #FEF4D2 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FCE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#FCE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE596

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE596	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.101 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#fce596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce596;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92327,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE596

secondary

#5977DD

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE596

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

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