#FCEFA9#FCEFA9

#FCEFA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.089 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEFA9
RGB	rgb(252, 239, 169)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 32.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.01, -5.72, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.01, 35.96, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(94.64% -0.0138 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(94.64% 0.089 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(78.1738, 85.2950, 49.8740)
Luminance	0.8529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCEFA9 #A9B6FC

analogous

#FCC5A9 #FCEFA9 #E0FCA9

triadic

#FCEFA9 #A9FCEF #EFA9FC

tetradic

#FCEFA9 #A9FCC5 #A9B6FC #FCA9E0

square

#FCEFA9 #A9FCC5 #A9B6FC #FCA9E0

split-complementary

#FCEFA9 #A9E0FC #C5A9FC

monochromatic

#F8D933 #FAE46E #FCEFA9 #FEF9E1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCEFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.06

#FCEFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEFA9

18.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEFA9	1.00	1.16	18.06	18.06
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcefa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 239, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.089 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4c3',
    500: '#fcefa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcefa9;
$custom-light: #fef4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcefa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.602,
    "s": 93.258,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94638,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEFA9

secondary

#6A7CE0

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEFA9

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

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