#FCEC8A#FCEC8A

#FCEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.120 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEC8A
RGB	rgb(252, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 95%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 45.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.81, -7.51, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.81, 49.83, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(93.54% -0.0213 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(93.54% 0.12 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.7297, 82.5238, 36.0320)
Luminance	0.8252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCEC8A #8A9AFC

analogous

#FCB38A #FCEC8A #D3FC8A

triadic

#FCEC8A #8AFCEC #EC8AFC

tetradic

#FCEC8A #8AFCB3 #8A9AFC #FC8AD3

square

#FCEC8A #8AFCB3 #8A9AFC #FC8AD3

split-complementary

#FCEC8A #8AD3FC #B38AFC

monochromatic

#F9D913 #FAE24E #FCEC8A #FEF6C6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#FCEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEC8A

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEC8A	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.120 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ae',
    500: '#fcec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcec8a;
$custom-light: #fff2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 95,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93539,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEC8A

secondary

#4F62DC

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEC8A

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

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