#FCE162#FCE162

#FCE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.148 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE162
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 61.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -5.17, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 64.09, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0188 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.148 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.2776, 75.4309, 22.4634)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE162 #627DFC

analogous

#FC9462 #FCE162 #CAFC62

triadic

#FCE162 #62FCE1 #E162FC

tetradic

#FCE162 #62FC94 #627DFC #FC62CA

square

#FCE162 #62FC94 #627DFC #FC62CA

split-complementary

#FCE162 #62CAFC #9462FC

monochromatic

#DFB904 #FBD626 #FCE162 #FDEC9E #FEF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FCE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#FCE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE162

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE162	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.148 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea93',
    500: '#fce162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce162;
$custom-light: #ffea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.481,
    "s": 96.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90856,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE162

secondary

#2C4AD6

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE162

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

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