#FCE591#FCE591

#FCE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.107 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE591
RGB	rgb(252, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(47, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(47, 42%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 42.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -3.32, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 43.87, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0085 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.107 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.2769, 78.7810, 38.1289)
Luminance	0.7878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE591 #91A8FC

analogous

#FCAF91 #FCE591 #DDFC91

triadic

#FCE591 #91FCE5 #E591FC

tetradic

#FCE591 #91FCAF #91A8FC #FC91DD

square

#FCE591 #91FCAF #91A8FC #FC91DD

split-complementary

#FCE591 #91DDFC #AF91FC

monochromatic

#F9C91A #FAD755 #FCE591 #FEF3CD #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FCE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#FCE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE591

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE591	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.107 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb2',
    500: '#fce591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce591;
$custom-light: #ffedb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 94.69,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92248,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE591

secondary

#5572DC

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE591

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

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