#FCE281#FCE281

#FCE281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.121 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE281
RGB	rgb(252, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -3.32, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 50.46, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.01 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.121 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.3060, 76.6761, 31.8086)
Luminance	0.7667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE281 #819BFC

analogous

#FCA581 #FCE281 #D9FC81

triadic

#FCE281 #81FCE2 #E281FC

tetradic

#FCE281 #81FCA5 #819BFC #FC81D9

square

#FCE281 #81FCA5 #819BFC #FC81D9

split-complementary

#FCE281 #81D9FC #A581FC

monochromatic

#F9C609 #FBD445 #FCE281 #FDF0BD #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FCE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#FCE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE281

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE281	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.121 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa7',
    500: '#fce281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce281;
$custom-light: #ffeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91419,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE281

secondary

#4766DA

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE281

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

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