#FCEDB3#FCEDB3

#FCEDB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.076 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEDB3
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 179)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(48, 29%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 29%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.68, -3.49, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.68, 30.20, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(94.43% -0.007 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(94.43% 0.076 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.5664, 84.5204, 54.8145)
Luminance	0.8452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCEDB3 #B3C2FC

analogous

#FCC9B3 #FCEDB3 #E7FCB3

triadic

#FCEDB3 #B3FCED #EDB3FC

tetradic

#FCEDB3 #B3FCC9 #B3C2FC #FCB3E7

square

#FCEDB3 #B3FCC9 #B3C2FC #FCB3E7

split-complementary

#FCEDB3 #B3E7FC #C9B3FC

monochromatic

#F7D13D #FADF78 #FCEDB3 #FEF8E2 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FCEDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#FCEDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEDB3

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEDB3	1.00	1.17	17.90	17.90
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9EAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEFB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcedb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.076 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2ca',
    500: '#fcedb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcedb3;
$custom-light: #fef2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcedb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 92.405,
    "l": 84.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94429,
    "c": 0.07584,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEDB3

secondary

#7289E1

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEDB3

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

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