#FCE56F#FCE56F

#FCE56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE56F
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 56%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -6.28, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 59.75, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0205 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.0361, 77.8847, 26.3273)
Luminance	0.7788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE56F #6F86FC

analogous

#FC9E6F #FCE56F #CCFC6F

triadic

#FCE56F #6FFCE5 #E56FFC

tetradic

#FCE56F #6FFC9E #6F86FC #FC6FCC

square

#FCE56F #6FFC9E #6F86FC #FC6FCC

split-complementary

#FCE56F #6FCCFC #9E6FFC

monochromatic

#ECC605 #FBDA33 #FCE56F #FDF0AB #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#FCE56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE56F

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE56F	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9c',
    500: '#fce56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce56f;
$custom-light: #ffec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 95.918,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91793,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE56F

secondary

#3752D8

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE56F

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

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