#FCE477#FCE477

#FCE477 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.132 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE477
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -5.16, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 55.79, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0164 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.132 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.2205, 77.5171, 28.6600)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE477 #778FFC

analogous

#FCA177 #FCE477 #D1FC77

triadic

#FCE477 #77FCE4 #E477FC

tetradic

#FCE477 #77FCA1 #778FFC #FC77D1

square

#FCE477 #77FCA1 #778FFC #FC77D1

split-complementary

#FCE477 #77D1FC #A177FC

monochromatic

#F3C805 #FBD83B #FCE477 #FDF0B3 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#FCE477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE477

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE477	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.132 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca1',
    500: '#fce477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce477;
$custom-light: #ffeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 95.683,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91687,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE477

secondary

#3E5AD9

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE477

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

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