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Sand Yellow #FCE166

#FCE166oklch(0.9090 0.1444 97.0)

Sand Yellow (#FCE166) is a very light moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH it has lightness 90.9%, chroma 0.144 and hue 97.0°; its relative luminance is 75.5%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 89, WCAG 16.10:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.4).

#FCE166 in every format

HEX#FCE166
RGBrgb(252 225 102)
HSLhsl(49.2 96.2% 69.4%)
HSB / HSVhsb(49.2 59.5% 98.8%)
HWBhwb(49.2 40.0% 1.2%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(0/11/60/1)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(3/9/70/0)
CIELAB (D50)lab(90.06 -0.75 62.13)
LChlch(90.06 62.14 90.7)
OKLaboklab(0.9090 -0.0176 0.1433)
OKLCHoklch(0.9090 0.1444 97.0)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.69466 0.75507 0.23486)
CIE xyYxyY(0.4124 0.4482 0.7551)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.9705 0.8861 0.4756)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.97345 0.75294 0.13287)
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Text on #FCE166

White textWCAG 1.30:1 · APCA Lc 17
Black textWCAG 16.10:1 · APCA Lc 89

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#FCE166normal
#F5DC59protanopia
#FCE56Cdeuteranopia
#FFD2C6tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#FFEF74
#F2D75C
#D8BD3D
#BEA415
#A58B00
#8B7300
#715C00
#574600
#3F3200
#291E00
#140C00

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#FCE166
#D5DEFF
Analogous
#FCE166
#FFD59C
#C7F386
Triadic
#FCE166
#8DF2FF
#FFC8F9
Split complementary
#FCE166
#BDE6FF
#EFD3FF
Tetradic
#FCE166
#48FFF1
#D5DEFF
#FFCED9

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