#FCE16F#FCE16F

#FCE16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.137 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE16F
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -4.27, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 58.41, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0148 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.137 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.9420, 75.6967, 25.9626)
Luminance	0.7569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE16F #6F8AFC

analogous

#FC9A6F #FCE16F #D0FC6F

triadic

#FCE16F #6FFCE1 #E16FFC

tetradic

#FCE16F #6FFC9A #6F8AFC #FC6FD0

square

#FCE16F #6FFC9A #6F8AFC #FC6FD0

split-complementary

#FCE16F #6FD0FC #9A6FFC

monochromatic

#ECBF05 #FBD533 #FCE16F #FDEDAB #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FCE16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#FCE16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE16F

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE16F	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.137 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9b',
    500: '#fce16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce16f;
$custom-light: #ffea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 95.918,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90994,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE16F

secondary

#3756D8

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE16F

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

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