#FCE8A8#FCE8A8
#FCE8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.084 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FCE8A8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(252, 232, 168) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 93%, 82%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 33%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 33.3%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.24, -2.32, 33.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.24, 33.73, 93.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.23% -0.0041 0.084) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.23% 0.084 92.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(76.0705, 81.2381, 48.7116) |
| Luminance | 0.8124 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 2.21
Light Tan
#FBEEAC
ΔE00 2.40
Pale Peach
#FFE5AD
ΔE00 2.86
Palegoldenrod
#EEE8AA
ΔE00 4.24
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 4.63
Moccasin
#FFE4B5
ΔE00 5.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FCE8A8 #A8BCFC
analogous
#FCBEA8 #FCE8A8 #E6FCA8
triadic
#FCE8A8 #A8FCE8 #E8A8FC
tetradic
#FCE8A8 #A8FCBE #A8BCFC #FCA8E6
square
#FCE8A8 #A8FCBE #A8BCFC #FCA8E6
split-complementary
#FCE8A8 #A8E6FC #BEA8FC
monochromatic
#F8C932 #FAD86D #FCE8A8 #FEF7E1 #FEF7E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.22
#FCE8A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.25
#FCE8A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FCE8A8
17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FCE8A8 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FCE8A8 | 1.00 | 1.22 | 17.25 | 17.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6E5A4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBEBAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDED7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E9E9E9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fce8a8; /* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 232, 168); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.084 92.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#feefc2',
500: '#fce8a8',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fce8a8; $custom-light: #feefc2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fce8a8",
"rgb": {
"r": 252,
"g": 232,
"b": 168
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.714,
"s": 93.333,
"l": 82.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93233,
"c": 0.08407,
"h": 92.8
},
"luminance": 0.81236
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FCE8A8
secondary
#6985DF
accent
#37E600
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FFFEF9
border
#D7D6D2
text
#181612
muted
#868582