#FCE271#FCE271

#FCE271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.136 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE271
RGB	rgb(252, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 55.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -4.63, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 57.84, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0156 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.136 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.3245, 76.2835, 26.6395)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE271 #718BFC

analogous

#FC9D71 #FCE271 #D1FC71

triadic

#FCE271 #71FCE2 #E271FC

tetradic

#FCE271 #71FC9D #718BFC #FC71D1

square

#FCE271 #71FC9D #718BFC #FC71D1

split-complementary

#FCE271 #71D1FC #9D71FC

monochromatic

#EEC205 #FBD635 #FCE271 #FDEEAD #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FCE271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#FCE271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE271

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE271	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.136 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#fce271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce271;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 95.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91216,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE271

secondary

#3957D8

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE271

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

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