#FCEFA8#FCEFA8

#FCEFA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.091 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEFA8
RGB	rgb(252, 239, 168)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 33.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.99, -5.83, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.99, 36.45, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(94.62% -0.0142 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(94.62% 0.091 99)
XYZ	xyz(78.0802, 85.2576, 49.3815)
Luminance	0.8526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCEFA8 #A8B5FC

analogous

#FCC5A8 #FCEFA8 #DFFCA8

triadic

#FCEFA8 #A8FCEF #EFA8FC

tetradic

#FCEFA8 #A8FCC5 #A8B5FC #FCA8DF

square

#FCEFA8 #A8FCC5 #A8B5FC #FCA8DF

split-complementary

#FCEFA8 #A8DFFC #C5A8FC

monochromatic

#F8D932 #FAE46D #FCEFA8 #FEFAE1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCEFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#FCEFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEFA8

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEFA8	1.00	1.16	18.05	18.05
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcefa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 239, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.091 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4c2',
    500: '#fcefa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcefa8;
$custom-light: #fef4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcefa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.714,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9462,
    "c": 0.09059,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.85256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEFA8

secondary

#697BDF

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEFA8

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

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