#FCE99B#FCE99B

#FCE99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.100 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE99B
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 155)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -4.29, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 40.48, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(93.2% -0.0106 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(93.2% 0.1 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.2017, 81.3422, 42.7433)
Luminance	0.8134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE99B #9BAEFC

analogous

#FCB89B #FCE99B #DFFC9B

triadic

#FCE99B #9BFCE9 #E99BFC

tetradic

#FCE99B #9BFCB8 #9BAEFC #FC9BDF

square

#FCE99B #9BFCB8 #9BAEFC #FC9BDF

split-complementary

#FCE99B #9BDFFC #B89BFC

monochromatic

#F8CF24 #FADC60 #FCE99B #FEF6D6 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#FCE99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE99B

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE99B	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.100 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb9',
    500: '#fce99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce99b;
$custom-light: #ffefb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 94.175,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93203,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE99B

secondary

#5D77DE

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE99B

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

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