#FCE178#FCE178

#FCE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.129 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE178
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -3.57, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 54.32, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0117 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.129 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.4628, 75.9050, 28.7052)
Luminance	0.7590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE178 #7893FC

analogous

#FC9F78 #FCE178 #D5FC78

triadic

#FCE178 #78FCE1 #E178FC

tetradic

#FCE178 #78FC9F #7893FC #FC78D5

square

#FCE178 #78FC9F #7893FC #FC78D5

split-complementary

#FCE178 #78D5FC #9F78FC

monochromatic

#F4C305 #FBD43C #FCE178 #FDEEB4 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FCE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#FCE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE178

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE178	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.129 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa1',
    500: '#fce178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce178;
$custom-light: #ffeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91102,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE178

secondary

#3F5FD9

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE178

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

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