#FCED99#FCED99

#FCED99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.105 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED99
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.26, -6.51, 42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.26, 43.00, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(93.97% -0.0171 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(93.97% 0.105 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(76.1803, 83.5660, 42.2477)
Luminance	0.8356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED99 #99A8FC

analogous

#FCBC99 #FCED99 #DAFC99

triadic

#FCED99 #99FCED #ED99FC

tetradic

#FCED99 #99FCBC #99A8FC #FC99DA

square

#FCED99 #99FCBC #99A8FC #FC99DA

split-complementary

#FCED99 #99DAFC #BC99FC

monochromatic

#F9D822 #FAE35E #FCED99 #FEF7D4 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FCED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.71

#FCED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED99

17.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED99	1.00	1.19	17.71	17.71
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.105 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b8',
    500: '#fced99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced99;
$custom-light: #fff2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93966,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED99

secondary

#5C6FDE

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED99

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

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