#FCE991#FCE991

#FCE991 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.110 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE991
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 145)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 42.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.14, -5.33, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.14, 45.33, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(93.04% -0.0144 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(93.04% 0.11 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.3964, 81.0201, 38.5021)
Luminance	0.8102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE991 #91A4FC

analogous

#FCB391 #FCE991 #D9FC91

triadic

#FCE991 #91FCE9 #E991FC

tetradic

#FCE991 #91FCB3 #91A4FC #FC91D9

square

#FCE991 #91FCB3 #91A4FC #FC91D9

split-complementary

#FCE991 #91D9FC #B391FC

monochromatic

#F9D11A #FADD55 #FCE991 #FEF5CD #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#FCE991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE991

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE991	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.110 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb2',
    500: '#fce991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce991;
$custom-light: #ffefb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 94.69,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93043,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE991

secondary

#556DDC

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE991

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

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