#FCEC8D#FCEC8D

#FCEC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.117 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEC8D
RGB	rgb(252, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 44%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.84, -7.22, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.84, 48.40, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(93.58% -0.0202 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(93.58% 0.117 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.9499, 82.6119, 37.1917)
Luminance	0.8261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCEC8D #8D9DFC

analogous

#FCB48D #FCEC8D #D5FC8D

triadic

#FCEC8D #8DFCEC #EC8DFC

tetradic

#FCEC8D #8DFCB4 #8D9DFC #FC8DD5

square

#FCEC8D #8DFCB4 #8D9DFC #FC8DD5

split-complementary

#FCEC8D #8DD5FC #B48DFC

monochromatic

#F9D816 #FAE251 #FCEC8D #FEF6C9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#FCEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEC8D

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEC8D	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.117 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b0',
    500: '#fcec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcec8d;
$custom-light: #fff2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 94.872,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93582,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEC8D

secondary

#5165DC

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEC8D

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

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