#FCE57E#FCE57E

#FCE57E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.126 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE57E
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 50%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -5.09, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 52.90, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.0155 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.126 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.9324, 78.2433, 31.0480)
Luminance	0.7824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE57E #7E95FC

analogous

#FCA67E #FCE57E #D4FC7E

triadic

#FCE57E #7EFCE5 #E57EFC

tetradic

#FCE57E #7EFCA6 #7E95FC #FC7ED4

square

#FCE57E #7EFCA6 #7E95FC #FC7ED4

split-complementary

#FCE57E #7ED4FC #A67EFC

monochromatic

#F9CD06 #FBD942 #FCE57E #FDF1BA #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FCE57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#FCE57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE57E

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE57E	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.126 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeda5',
    500: '#fce57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce57e;
$custom-light: #ffeda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 95.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91975,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE57E

secondary

#4460DA

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE57E

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

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