#FCE279#FCE279

#FCE279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.128 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE279
RGB	rgb(252, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -4.00, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 54.19, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0128 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.128 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7949, 76.4716, 29.1169)
Luminance	0.7647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE279 #7993FC

analogous

#FCA179 #FCE279 #D4FC79

triadic

#FCE279 #79FCE2 #E279FC

tetradic

#FCE279 #79FCA1 #7993FC #FC79D4

square

#FCE279 #79FCA1 #7993FC #FC79D4

split-complementary

#FCE279 #79D4FC #A179FC

monochromatic

#F5C605 #FBD53D #FCE279 #FDEFB5 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FCE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#FCE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE279

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE279	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.128 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa2',
    500: '#fce279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce279;
$custom-light: #ffeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91313,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE279

secondary

#405ED9

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE279

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

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