#FCE174#FCE174

#FCE174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.132 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE174
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 54%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -3.89, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 56.15, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0131 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.132 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.2251, 75.8099, 27.4533)
Luminance	0.7581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE174 #748FFC

analogous

#FC9D74 #FCE174 #D3FC74

triadic

#FCE174 #74FCE1 #E174FC

tetradic

#FCE174 #74FC9D #748FFC #FC74D3

square

#FCE174 #74FC9D #748FFC #FC74D3

split-complementary

#FCE174 #74D3FC #9D74FC

monochromatic

#F0C205 #FBD438 #FCE174 #FDEEB0 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FCE174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FCE174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE174

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE174	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.132 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9f',
    500: '#fce174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce174;
$custom-light: #ffea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 95.775,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91053,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE174

secondary

#3C5BD8

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE174

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

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