#FCE896#FCE896

#FCE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.104 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE896
RGB	rgb(252, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.96, -4.32, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.96, 42.54, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.92% -0.011 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(92.92% 0.104 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.5082, 80.6132, 40.4833)
Luminance	0.8061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE896 #96AAFC

analogous

#FCB596 #FCE896 #DDFC96

triadic

#FCE896 #96FCE8 #E896FC

tetradic

#FCE896 #96FCB5 #96AAFC #FC96DD

square

#FCE896 #96FCB5 #96AAFC #FC96DD

split-complementary

#FCE896 #96DDFC #B596FC

monochromatic

#F9CE1F #FADB5B #FCE896 #FEF5D2 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#FCE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE896

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE896	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.104 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb6',
    500: '#fce896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce896;
$custom-light: #ffefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92922,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE896

secondary

#5973DD

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE896

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

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