#FCE357#FCE357

#FCE357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.157 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE357
RGB	rgb(252, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 96%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -6.84, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 69.25, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0248 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.157 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.3373, 76.3249, 20.0949)
Luminance	0.7632 (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

#FCE357 #5770FC

analogous

#FC9157 #FCE357 #C3FC57

triadic

#FCE357 #57FCE3 #E357FC

tetradic

#FCE357 #57FC91 #5770FC #FC57C3

square

#FCE357 #57FC91 #5770FC #FC57C3

split-complementary

#FCE357 #57C3FC #9157FC

monochromatic

#D5B504 #FBD91B #FCE357 #FDED93 #FEF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FCE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#FCE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE357

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE357	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)

#F8DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.157 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb8d',
    500: '#fce357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce357;
$custom-light: #ffeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91157,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE357

secondary

#2841CF

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE357

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

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