#FCE457#FCE457

#FCE457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.158 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE457
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 96%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -7.33, 69.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 69.56, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0262 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.158 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.6116, 76.8735, 20.1863)
Luminance	0.7687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE457 #576FFC

analogous

#FC9257 #FCE457 #C1FC57

triadic

#FCE457 #57FCE4 #E457FC

tetradic

#FCE457 #57FC92 #576FFC #FC57C1

square

#FCE457 #57FC92 #576FFC #FC57C1

split-complementary

#FCE457 #57C1FC #9257FC

monochromatic

#D5B604 #FBDA1B #FCE457 #FDEE93 #FEF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FCE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#FCE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE457

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE457	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.158 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8d',
    500: '#fce457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce457;
$custom-light: #ffec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91358,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE457

secondary

#2840CF

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE457

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

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