#FCE557#FCE557

#FCE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.159 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE557
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 96%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -7.83, 69.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 69.88, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0277 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.159 100)
XYZ	xyz(69.8875, 77.4253, 20.2783)
Luminance	0.7742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE557 #576EFC

analogous

#FC9357 #FCE557 #C1FC57

triadic

#FCE557 #57FCE5 #E557FC

tetradic

#FCE557 #57FC93 #576EFC #FC57C1

square

#FCE557 #57FC93 #576EFC #FC57C1

split-complementary

#FCE557 #57C1FC #9357FC

monochromatic

#D5B804 #FBDC1B #FCE557 #FDEE93 #FEF8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FCE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE557

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE557	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.159 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8d',
    500: '#fce557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce557;
$custom-light: #ffec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.636,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91559,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.77422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE557

secondary

#283FCF

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE557

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

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