#FCE179#FCE179

#FCE179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.128 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE179
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -3.49, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 53.85, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0114 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.128 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.5238, 75.9294, 29.0265)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE179 #7994FC

analogous

#FCA079 #FCE179 #D5FC79

triadic

#FCE179 #79FCE1 #E179FC

tetradic

#FCE179 #79FCA0 #7994FC #FC79D5

square

#FCE179 #79FCA0 #7994FC #FC79D5

split-complementary

#FCE179 #79D5FC #A079FC

monochromatic

#F5C405 #FBD43D #FCE179 #FDEEB5 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FCE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#FCE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE179

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE179	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.128 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa2',
    500: '#fce179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce179;
$custom-light: #ffeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91115,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE179

secondary

#4060D9

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE179

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

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