#FCE257#FCE257

#FCE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.157 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE257
RGB	rgb(252, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 96%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -6.34, 68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 68.93, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0234 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.157 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.0646, 75.7795, 20.0040)
Luminance	0.7578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE257 #5771FC

analogous

#FC9057 #FCE257 #C4FC57

triadic

#FCE257 #57FCE2 #E257FC

tetradic

#FCE257 #57FC90 #5771FC #FC57C4

square

#FCE257 #57FC90 #5771FC #FC57C4

split-complementary

#FCE257 #57C4FC #9057FC

monochromatic

#D5B404 #FBD81B #FCE257 #FDEC93 #FEF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FCE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FCE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE257

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE257	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)

#F7DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.157 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8d',
    500: '#fce257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce257;
$custom-light: #ffea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.545,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90956,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE257

secondary

#2842CF

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE257

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

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