#FCE99E#FCE99E

#FCE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.096 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE99E
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 37.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.33, -3.96, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.33, 39.02, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(93.25% -0.0094 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(93.25% 0.096 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.4568, 81.4442, 44.0866)
Luminance	0.8144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE99E #9EB1FC

analogous

#FCBA9E #FCE99E #E0FC9E

triadic

#FCE99E #9EFCE9 #E99EFC

tetradic

#FCE99E #9EFCBA #9EB1FC #FC9EE0

square

#FCE99E #9EFCBA #9EB1FC #FC9EE0

split-complementary

#FCE99E #9EE0FC #BA9EFC

monochromatic

#F8CE27 #FADC63 #FCE99E #FEF6D9 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FCE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.29

#FCE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE99E

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE99E	1.00	1.21	17.29	17.29
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.096 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefbb',
    500: '#fce99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce99e;
$custom-light: #feefbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 94,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93253,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE99E

secondary

#607ADE

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE99E

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

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