#FCE581#FCE581

#FCE581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.123 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE581
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -4.83, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 51.50, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0144 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.123 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.1289, 78.3219, 32.0829)
Luminance	0.7832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE581 #8198FC

analogous

#FCA781 #FCE581 #D6FC81

triadic

#FCE581 #81FCE5 #E581FC

tetradic

#FCE581 #81FCA7 #8198FC #FC81D6

square

#FCE581 #81FCA7 #8198FC #FC81D6

split-complementary

#FCE581 #81D6FC #A781FC

monochromatic

#F9CC09 #FBD945 #FCE581 #FDF1BD #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FCE581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#FCE581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE581

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE581	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.123 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeda7',
    500: '#fce581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce581;
$custom-light: #ffeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92015,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE581

secondary

#4762DA

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE581

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

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