#FCE490#FCE490

#FCE490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.107 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE490
RGB	rgb(252, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(47, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 42.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -2.91, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 44.00, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0075 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.107 94)
XYZ	xyz(72.9242, 78.1986, 37.6327)
Luminance	0.7820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE490 #90A8FC

analogous

#FCAE90 #FCE490 #DEFC90

triadic

#FCE490 #90FCE4 #E490FC

tetradic

#FCE490 #90FCAE #90A8FC #FC90DE

square

#FCE490 #90FCAE #90A8FC #FC90DE

split-complementary

#FCE490 #90DEFC #AE90FC

monochromatic

#F9C719 #FAD654 #FCE490 #FEF2CC #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FCE490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#FCE490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE490

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE490	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.107 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb1',
    500: '#fce490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce490;
$custom-light: #ffecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 94.737,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92034,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.78196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE490

secondary

#5472DC

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE490

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

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