#FCE16C#FCE16C

#FCE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.139 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE16C
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 57.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -4.49, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 59.75, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0157 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.139 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.7796, 75.6317, 25.1073)
Luminance	0.7563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE16C #6C87FC

analogous

#FC996C #FCE16C #CFFC6C

triadic

#FCE16C #6CFCE1 #E16CFC

tetradic

#FCE16C #6CFC99 #6C87FC #FC6CCF

square

#FCE16C #6CFC99 #6C87FC #FC6CCF

split-complementary

#FCE16C #6CCFFC #996CFC

monochromatic

#E9BE05 #FBD530 #FCE16C #FDEDA8 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FCE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#FCE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE16C

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE16C	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.139 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9a',
    500: '#fce16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce16c;
$custom-light: #ffea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 96,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90961,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE16C

secondary

#3553D7

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE16C

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

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