#FCE487#FCE487

#FCE487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.116 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE487
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(48, 95%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 46.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -3.78, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 48.31, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0108 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.116 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.2636, 77.9343, 34.1533)
Luminance	0.7793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE487 #879FFC

analogous

#FCA987 #FCE487 #DAFC87

triadic

#FCE487 #87FCE4 #E487FC

tetradic

#FCE487 #87FCA9 #879FFC #FC87DA

square

#FCE487 #87FCA9 #879FFC #FC87DA

split-complementary

#FCE487 #87DAFC #A987FC

monochromatic

#F9C910 #FBD74B #FCE487 #FDF1C3 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FCE487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE487

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE487	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.116 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecab',
    500: '#fce487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce487;
$custom-light: #ffecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 95.122,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.919,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE487

secondary

#4C69DB

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE487

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

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