#FCE97C#FCE97C

#FCE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE97C
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(51, 96%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.88, -7.26, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.88, 55.26, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.75% -0.0219 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(92.75% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.9242, 80.4312, 30.7483)
Luminance	0.8043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE97C #7C8FFC

analogous

#FCA97C #FCE97C #CFFC7C

triadic

#FCE97C #7CFCE9 #E97CFC

tetradic

#FCE97C #7CFCA9 #7C8FFC #FC7CCF

square

#FCE97C #7CFCA9 #7C8FFC #FC7CCF

split-complementary

#FCE97C #7CCFFC #A97CFC

monochromatic

#F8D406 #FBDF40 #FCE97C #FDF3B8 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#FCE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE97C

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE97C	1.00	1.23	17.09	17.09
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa4',
    500: '#fce97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce97c;
$custom-light: #ffefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 95.522,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9275,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE97C

secondary

#4359DA

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE97C

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

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