#FCE97D#FCE97D

#FCE97D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE97D
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 125)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.89, -7.17, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.89, 54.80, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(92.76% -0.0216 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(92.76% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.9877, 80.4566, 31.0831)
Luminance	0.8045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE97D #7D90FC

analogous

#FCAA7D #FCE97D #D0FC7D

triadic

#FCE97D #7DFCE9 #E97DFC

tetradic

#FCE97D #7DFCAA #7D90FC #FC7DD0

square

#FCE97D #7DFCAA #7D90FC #FC7DD0

split-complementary

#FCE97D #7DD0FC #AA7DFC

monochromatic

#F9D406 #FBDF41 #FCE97D #FDF3B9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#FCE97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE97D

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE97D	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)

#FBE473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa5',
    500: '#fce97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce97d;
$custom-light: #ffefa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 95.489,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92762,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE97D

secondary

#435ADA

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE97D

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

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