#FCE99C#FCE99C

#FCE99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.098 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE99C
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 156)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.30, -4.18, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.30, 39.99, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(93.22% -0.0102 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(93.22% 0.098 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.2860, 81.3759, 43.1874)
Luminance	0.8137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE99C #9CAFFC

analogous

#FCB99C #FCE99C #DFFC9C

triadic

#FCE99C #9CFCE9 #E99CFC

tetradic

#FCE99C #9CFCB9 #9CAFFC #FC9CDF

square

#FCE99C #9CFCB9 #9CAFFC #FC9CDF

split-complementary

#FCE99C #9CDFFC #B99CFC

monochromatic

#F8CF25 #FADC61 #FCE99C #FEF6D7 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#FCE99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE99C

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE99C	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)

#F8E596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.098 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefba',
    500: '#fce99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce99c;
$custom-light: #ffefba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93219,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE99C

secondary

#5E78DE

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE99C

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

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