#FCE697#FCE697

#FCE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.101 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE697
RGB	rgb(252, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -3.20, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 41.32, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92.54% -0.0077 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(92.54% 0.101 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.0293, 79.5260, 40.7226)
Luminance	0.7952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE697 #97ADFC

analogous

#FCB497 #FCE697 #E0FC97

triadic

#FCE697 #97FCE6 #E697FC

tetradic

#FCE697 #97FCB4 #97ADFC #FC97E0

square

#FCE697 #97FCB4 #97ADFC #FC97E0

split-complementary

#FCE697 #97E0FC #B497FC

monochromatic

#F9C920 #FAD85C #FCE697 #FEF4D2 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FCE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#FCE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE697

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE697	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.101 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#fce697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce697;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92542,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE697

secondary

#5A77DD

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE697

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

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