#FCEF8A#FCEF8A

#FCEF8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEF8A
RGB	rgb(252, 239, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 95%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 45.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.57, -9.00, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.57, 51.00, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(94.14% -0.0256 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(94.14% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(75.6007, 84.2658, 36.3224)
Luminance	0.8426 (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

#FCEF8A #8A97FC

analogous

#FCB68A #FCEF8A #D0FC8A

triadic

#FCEF8A #8AFCEF #EF8AFC

tetradic

#FCEF8A #8AFCB6 #8A97FC #FC8AD0

square

#FCEF8A #8AFCB6 #8A97FC #FC8AD0

split-complementary

#FCEF8A #8AD0FC #B68AFC

monochromatic

#F9DF13 #FAE74E #FCEF8A #FEF7C6 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FCEF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FCEF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEF8A

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEF8A	1.00	1.18	17.85	17.85
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcef8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 239, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4ae',
    500: '#fcef8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcef8a;
$custom-light: #fff4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcef8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 95,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94142,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.84263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEF8A

secondary

#4F5FDC

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEF8A

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

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