#FCE799#FCE799

#FCE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.100 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE799
RGB	rgb(252, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.75, -3.50, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.75, 40.71, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(92.77% -0.0084 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(92.77% 0.1 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.4722, 80.1497, 41.6783)
Luminance	0.8015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE799 #99AEFC

analogous

#FCB699 #FCE799 #DFFC99

triadic

#FCE799 #99FCE7 #E799FC

tetradic

#FCE799 #99FCB6 #99AEFC #FC99DF

square

#FCE799 #99FCB6 #99AEFC #FC99DF

split-complementary

#FCE799 #99DFFC #B699FC

monochromatic

#F9CB22 #FAD95E #FCE799 #FEF5D4 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#FCE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE799

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE799	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.100 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeb8',
    500: '#fce799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce799;
$custom-light: #ffeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92773,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE799

secondary

#5C77DE

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE799

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

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