#FCE99A#FCE99A

#FCE99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.101 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE99A
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.27, -4.40, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.27, 40.97, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(93.19% -0.011 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(93.19% 0.101 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.1181, 81.3088, 42.3028)
Luminance	0.8131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE99A #9AADFC

analogous

#FCB89A #FCE99A #DEFC9A

triadic

#FCE99A #9AFCE9 #E99AFC

tetradic

#FCE99A #9AFCB8 #9AADFC #FC9ADE

square

#FCE99A #9AFCB8 #9AADFC #FC9ADE

split-complementary

#FCE99A #9ADEFC #B89AFC

monochromatic

#F8CF23 #FADC5F #FCE99A #FEF6D5 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#FCE99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE99A

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE99A	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.101 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb8',
    500: '#fce99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce99a;
$custom-light: #ffefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 94.231,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93186,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE99A

secondary

#5D76DE

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE99A

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

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