#FCE079#FCE079

#FCE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.127 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE079
RGB	rgb(252, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -2.99, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 53.52, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0099 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.127 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.2542, 75.3903, 28.9366)
Luminance	0.7539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE079 #7995FC

analogous

#FC9F79 #FCE079 #D6FC79

triadic

#FCE079 #79FCE0 #E079FC

tetradic

#FCE079 #79FC9F #7995FC #FC79D6

square

#FCE079 #79FC9F #7995FC #FC79D6

split-complementary

#FCE079 #79D6FC #9F79FC

monochromatic

#F5C205 #FBD23D #FCE079 #FDEEB5 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FCE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#FCE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE079

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE079	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.127 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe9a2',
    500: '#fce079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce079;
$custom-light: #ffe9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90916,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE079

secondary

#4061D9

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE079

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

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