#FCE97E#FCE97E

#FCE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE97E
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.90, -7.09, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.90, 54.33, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.78% -0.0213 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(92.78% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.0519, 80.4823, 31.4212)
Luminance	0.8048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE97E #7E91FC

analogous

#FCAA7E #FCE97E #D0FC7E

triadic

#FCE97E #7EFCE9 #E97EFC

tetradic

#FCE97E #7EFCAA #7E91FC #FC7ED0

square

#FCE97E #7EFCAA #7E91FC #FC7ED0

split-complementary

#FCE97E #7ED0FC #AA7EFC

monochromatic

#F9D506 #FBDF42 #FCE97E #FDF3BA #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#FCE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE97E

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE97E	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa6',
    500: '#fce97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce97e;
$custom-light: #ffefa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 95.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92775,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.8048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE97E

secondary

#445BDA

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE97E

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

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