#FCE565#FCE565

#FCE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.148 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE565
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 59.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -6.98, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 64.11, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0237 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.148 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.5160, 77.6767, 23.5881)
Luminance	0.7767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE565 #657CFC

analogous

#FC9A65 #FCE565 #C8FC65

triadic

#FCE565 #65FCE5 #E565FC

tetradic

#FCE565 #65FC9A #657CFC #FC65C8

square

#FCE565 #65FC9A #657CFC #FC65C8

split-complementary

#FCE565 #65C8FC #9A65FC

monochromatic

#E2C004 #FBDB29 #FCE565 #FDEFA1 #FEF9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#FCE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE565

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE565	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.148 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec95',
    500: '#fce565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce565;
$custom-light: #ffec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 96.178,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91687,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE565

secondary

#2F48D6

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE565

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

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