#FCE185#FCE185

#FCE185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.116 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE185
RGB	rgb(252, 225, 133)
HSL	hsl(46, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 47.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -2.45, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 48.23, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0071 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.116 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.3060, 76.2422, 33.1460)
Luminance	0.7624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE185 #85A0FC

analogous

#FCA685 #FCE185 #DBFC85

triadic

#FCE185 #85FCE1 #E185FC

tetradic

#FCE185 #85FCA6 #85A0FC #FC85DB

square

#FCE185 #85FCA6 #85A0FC #FC85DB

split-complementary

#FCE185 #85DBFC #A685FC

monochromatic

#F9C40E #FBD249 #FCE185 #FDF0C1 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FCE185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#FCE185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE185

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE185	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 225, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.116 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaaa',
    500: '#fce185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce185;
$custom-light: #ffeaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 95.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91277,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE185

secondary

#4A6BDB

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE185

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

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