#FCED96#FCED96

#FCED96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.109 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED96
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.22, -6.82, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.22, 44.46, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% -0.0183 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.109 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.9357, 83.4681, 40.9592)
Luminance	0.8347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED96 #96A5FC

analogous

#FCBA96 #FCED96 #D8FC96

triadic

#FCED96 #96FCED #ED96FC

tetradic

#FCED96 #96FCBA #96A5FC #FC96D8

square

#FCED96 #96FCBA #96A5FC #FC96D8

split-complementary

#FCED96 #96D8FC #BA96FC

monochromatic

#F9D91F #FAE35B #FCED96 #FEF7D2 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FCED96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.69

#FCED96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED96

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED96	1.00	1.19	17.69	17.69
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.109 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b6',
    500: '#fced96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced96;
$custom-light: #fff2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93919,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED96

secondary

#596CDD

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED96

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

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