#FCE474#FCE474

#FCE474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.135 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE474
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 54%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -5.40, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 57.16, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.65% -0.0175 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(91.65% 0.135 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.0432, 77.4462, 27.7260)
Luminance	0.7744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE474 #748CFC

analogous

#FCA074 #FCE474 #D0FC74

triadic

#FCE474 #74FCE4 #E474FC

tetradic

#FCE474 #74FCA0 #748CFC #FC74D0

square

#FCE474 #74FCA0 #748CFC #FC74D0

split-complementary

#FCE474 #74D0FC #A074FC

monochromatic

#F0C705 #FBD838 #FCE474 #FDF0B0 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#FCE474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE474

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE474	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.135 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9f',
    500: '#fce474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce474;
$custom-light: #ffec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 95.775,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91651,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE474

secondary

#3C57D8

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE474

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

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