#FCE8A9#FCE8A9

#FCE8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.083 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE8A9
RGB	rgb(252, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 32.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.25, -2.20, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.25, 33.24, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(93.25% -0.0037 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(93.25% 0.083 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.1640, 81.2755, 49.2041)
Luminance	0.8127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE8A9 #A9BDFC

analogous

#FCBEA9 #FCE8A9 #E7FCA9

triadic

#FCE8A9 #A9FCE8 #E8A9FC

tetradic

#FCE8A9 #A9FCBE #A9BDFC #FCA9E7

square

#FCE8A9 #A9FCBE #A9BDFC #FCA9E7

split-complementary

#FCE8A9 #A9E7FC #BEA9FC

monochromatic

#F8C833 #FAD86E #FCE8A9 #FEF7E1 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#FCE8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE8A9

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE8A9	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)

#F5E5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEBAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.083 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefc3',
    500: '#fce8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce8a9;
$custom-light: #feefc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 93.258,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93251,
    "c": 0.08293,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE8A9

secondary

#6A86E0

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE8A9

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

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