#FCE571#FCE571

#FCE571 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.138 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE571
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 55.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -6.13, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 58.85, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0199 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.138 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.1474, 77.9293, 26.9138)
Luminance	0.7793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE571 #7188FC

analogous

#FCA071 #FCE571 #CEFC71

triadic

#FCE571 #71FCE5 #E571FC

tetradic

#FCE571 #71FCA0 #7188FC #FC71CE

square

#FCE571 #71FCA0 #7188FC #FC71CE

split-complementary

#FCE571 #71CEFC #A071FC

monochromatic

#EEC705 #FBDA35 #FCE571 #FDF0AD #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FCE571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FCE571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE571

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE571	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.138 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed9d',
    500: '#fce571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce571;
$custom-light: #ffed9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 95.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91816,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE571

secondary

#3953D8

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE571

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

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