#FCE481#FCE481

#FCE481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.122 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE481
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -4.32, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 51.15, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.013 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.122 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.8530, 77.7701, 31.9909)
Luminance	0.7777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE481 #8199FC

analogous

#FCA781 #FCE481 #D6FC81

triadic

#FCE481 #81FCE4 #E481FC

tetradic

#FCE481 #81FCA7 #8199FC #FC81D6

square

#FCE481 #81FCA7 #8199FC #FC81D6

split-complementary

#FCE481 #81D6FC #A781FC

monochromatic

#F9CA09 #FBD745 #FCE481 #FDF1BD #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#FCE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE481

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE481	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)

#F6E079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.122 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca7',
    500: '#fce481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce481;
$custom-light: #ffeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91816,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE481

secondary

#4764DA

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE481

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

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