#FCE157#FCE157

#FCE157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.156 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE157
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 96%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -5.83, 68.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 68.63, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.76% -0.0219 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(90.76% 0.156 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.7935, 75.2373, 19.9136)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE157 #5772FC

analogous

#FC8F57 #FCE157 #C5FC57

triadic

#FCE157 #57FCE1 #E157FC

tetradic

#FCE157 #57FC8F #5772FC #FC57C5

square

#FCE157 #57FC8F #5772FC #FC57C5

split-complementary

#FCE157 #57C5FC #8F57FC

monochromatic

#D5B304 #FBD61B #FCE157 #FDEC93 #FEF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FCE157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#FCE157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE157

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE157	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.156 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8d',
    500: '#fce157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce157;
$custom-light: #ffea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90756,
    "c": 0.15593,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE157

secondary

#2843CF

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE157

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

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