#FCE56B#FCE56B

#FCE56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.143 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE56B
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 96%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 57.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -6.57, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 61.51, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0218 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.143 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.8207, 77.7986, 25.1933)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE56B #6B82FC

analogous

#FC9D6B #FCE56B #CAFC6B

triadic

#FCE56B #6BFCE5 #E56BFC

tetradic

#FCE56B #6BFC9D #6B82FC #FC6BCA

square

#FCE56B #6BFC9D #6B82FC #FC6BCA

split-complementary

#FCE56B #6BCAFC #9D6BFC

monochromatic

#E8C405 #FBDA2F #FCE56B #FDF0A7 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#FCE56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE56B

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE56B	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E05F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.143 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec99',
    500: '#fce56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce56b;
$custom-light: #ffec99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 96.026,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91749,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE56B

secondary

#344ED7

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE56B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →