#FCE8A4#FCE8A4

#FCE8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.089 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE8A4
RGB	rgb(252, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 34.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.17, -2.78, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.17, 35.70, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% -0.0056 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.089 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.7036, 81.0913, 46.7791)
Luminance	0.8109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE8A4 #A4B8FC

analogous

#FCBCA4 #FCE8A4 #E4FCA4

triadic

#FCE8A4 #A4FCE8 #E8A4FC

tetradic

#FCE8A4 #A4FCBC #A4B8FC #FCA4E4

square

#FCE8A4 #A4FCBC #A4B8FC #FCA4E4

split-complementary

#FCE8A4 #A4E4FC #BCA4FC

monochromatic

#F8CA2E #FAD969 #FCE8A4 #FEF7DF #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#FCE8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE8A4

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE8A4	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.089 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefbf',
    500: '#fce8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce8a4;
$custom-light: #feefbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 93.617,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9316,
    "c": 0.0886,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE8A4

secondary

#6581DF

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE8A4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →