#FCE99F#FCE99F

#FCE99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.095 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE99F
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 159)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 36.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.34, -3.85, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.34, 38.53, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(93.27% -0.0091 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(93.27% 0.095 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.5432, 81.4788, 44.5418)
Luminance	0.8148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE99F #9FB2FC

analogous

#FCBA9F #FCE99F #E0FC9F

triadic

#FCE99F #9FFCE9 #E99FFC

tetradic

#FCE99F #9FFCBA #9FB2FC #FC9FE0

square

#FCE99F #9FFCBA #9FB2FC #FC9FE0

split-complementary

#FCE99F #9FE0FC #BA9FFC

monochromatic

#F8CE28 #FADB64 #FCE99F #FEF7DA #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FCE99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#FCE99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE99F

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE99F	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.095 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefbc',
    500: '#fce99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce99f;
$custom-light: #feefbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9327,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE99F

secondary

#617ADE

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE99F

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

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