#FCE56D#FCE56D

#FCE56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE56D
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 56.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -6.43, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 60.63, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.0212 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.9272, 77.8412, 25.7538)
Luminance	0.7784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE56D #6D84FC

analogous

#FC9D6D #FCE56D #CBFC6D

triadic

#FCE56D #6DFCE5 #E56DFC

tetradic

#FCE56D #6DFC9D #6D84FC #FC6DCB

square

#FCE56D #6DFC9D #6D84FC #FC6DCB

split-complementary

#FCE56D #6DCBFC #9D6DFC

monochromatic

#EAC505 #FBDA31 #FCE56D #FDF0A9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#FCE56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE56D

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE56D	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9a',
    500: '#fce56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce56d;
$custom-light: #ffec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 95.973,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91771,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE56D

secondary

#3650D7

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE56D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →