#FCE057#FCE057

#FCE057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.155 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE057
RGB	rgb(252, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 96%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -5.33, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 68.32, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0205 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.155 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.5240, 74.6982, 19.8238)
Luminance	0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE057 #5773FC

analogous

#FC8E57 #FCE057 #C6FC57

triadic

#FCE057 #57FCE0 #E057FC

tetradic

#FCE057 #57FC8E #5773FC #FC57C6

square

#FCE057 #57FC8E #5773FC #FC57C6

split-complementary

#FCE057 #57C6FC #8E57FC

monochromatic

#D5B104 #FBD51B #FCE057 #FDEB93 #FEF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FCE057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#FCE057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE057

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE057	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.155 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe98d',
    500: '#fce057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce057;
$custom-light: #ffe98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.818,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90556,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE057

secondary

#2844CF

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE057

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

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