#FCEC8F#FCEC8F

#FCEC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.115 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEC8F
RGB	rgb(252, 236, 143)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 43.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.87, -7.03, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.87, 47.44, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(93.61% -0.0194 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(93.61% 0.115 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.1000, 82.6719, 37.9826)
Luminance	0.8267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCEC8F #8F9FFC

analogous

#FCB68F #FCEC8F #D5FC8F

triadic

#FCEC8F #8FFCEC #EC8FFC

tetradic

#FCEC8F #8FFCB6 #8F9FFC #FC8FD5

square

#FCEC8F #8FFCB6 #8F9FFC #FC8FD5

split-complementary

#FCEC8F #8FD5FC #B68FFC

monochromatic

#F9D818 #FAE253 #FCEC8F #FEF6CB #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCEC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.53

#FCEC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEC8F

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEC8F	1.00	1.20	17.53	17.53
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcec8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 236, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.115 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b1',
    500: '#fcec8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcec8f;
$custom-light: #fff2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcec8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 94.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93612,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEC8F

secondary

#5367DC

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEC8F

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

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