#FCE993#FCE993

#FCE993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.108 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE993
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 147)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 41.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.17, -5.13, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.17, 44.37, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.07% -0.0136 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(93.07% 0.108 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.5520, 81.0823, 39.3215)
Luminance	0.8108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE993 #93A6FC

analogous

#FCB493 #FCE993 #DAFC93

triadic

#FCE993 #93FCE9 #E993FC

tetradic

#FCE993 #93FCB4 #93A6FC #FC93DA

square

#FCE993 #93FCB4 #93A6FC #FC93DA

split-complementary

#FCE993 #93DAFC #B493FC

monochromatic

#F9D11C #FADD57 #FCE993 #FEF5CF #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#FCE993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE993

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE993	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.108 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb4',
    500: '#fce993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce993;
$custom-light: #ffefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 94.595,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93074,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE993

secondary

#566FDD

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE993

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

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