#FCE480#FCE480

#FCE480 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.123 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE480
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 128)
HSL	hsl(48, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -4.41, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 51.62, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0133 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.123 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.7869, 77.7436, 31.6425)
Luminance	0.7774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE480 #8098FC

analogous

#FCA680 #FCE480 #D6FC80

triadic

#FCE480 #80FCE4 #E480FC

tetradic

#FCE480 #80FCA6 #8098FC #FC80D6

square

#FCE480 #80FCA6 #8098FC #FC80D6

split-complementary

#FCE480 #80D6FC #A680FC

monochromatic

#F9CB08 #FBD744 #FCE480 #FDF1BC #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#FCE480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE480

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE480	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.123 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca7',
    500: '#fce480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce480;
$custom-light: #ffeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 95.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91803,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE480

secondary

#4663DA

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE480

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

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