#FCE45F#FCE45F

#FCE45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.152 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE45F
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -6.87, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 66.31, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.024 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.152 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.9568, 77.0116, 22.0041)
Luminance	0.7701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE45F #5F77FC

analogous

#FC955F #FCE45F #C5FC5F

triadic

#FCE45F #5FFCE4 #E45FFC

tetradic

#FCE45F #5FFC95 #5F77FC #FC5FC5

square

#FCE45F #5FFC95 #5F77FC #FC5FC5

split-complementary

#FCE45F #5FC5FC #955FFC

monochromatic

#DCBB04 #FBDA23 #FCE45F #FDEE9B #FEF8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FCE45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#FCE45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE45F

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE45F	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.152 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec92',
    500: '#fce45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce45f;
$custom-light: #ffec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 96.319,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91428,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE45F

secondary

#2A44D5

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE45F

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

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