#FCE99D#FCE99D

#FCE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.097 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE99D
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 37.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.31, -4.07, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.31, 39.50, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(93.24% -0.0098 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(93.24% 0.097 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.3710, 81.4100, 43.6352)
Luminance	0.8141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE99D #9DB0FC

analogous

#FCB99D #FCE99D #DFFC9D

triadic

#FCE99D #9DFCE9 #E99DFC

tetradic

#FCE99D #9DFCB9 #9DB0FC #FC9DDF

square

#FCE99D #9DFCB9 #9DB0FC #FC9DDF

split-complementary

#FCE99D #9DDFFC #B99DFC

monochromatic

#F8CE26 #FADC62 #FCE99D #FEF6D8 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.28

#FCE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE99D

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE99D	1.00	1.22	17.28	17.28
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.097 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefba',
    500: '#fce99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce99d;
$custom-light: #feefba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 94.059,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93236,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE99D

secondary

#5F79DE

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE99D

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

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