#FCE599#FCE599

#FCE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.098 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE599
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.25, -2.49, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.25, 39.99, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0055 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.098 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.9156, 79.0365, 41.4928)
Luminance	0.7903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE599 #99B0FC

analogous

#FCB499 #FCE599 #E1FC99

triadic

#FCE599 #99FCE5 #E599FC

tetradic

#FCE599 #99FCB4 #99B0FC #FC99E1

square

#FCE599 #99FCB4 #99B0FC #FC99E1

split-complementary

#FCE599 #99E1FC #B499FC

monochromatic

#F9C722 #FAD65E #FCE599 #FEF4D4 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FCE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#FCE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE599

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE599	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.098 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb8',
    500: '#fce599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce599;
$custom-light: #ffedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92377,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE599

secondary

#5C7ADE

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE599

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

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