#FCE685#FCE685

#FCE685 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.120 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE685
RGB	rgb(252, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 47.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.23, -4.97, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.23, 49.97, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(92.27% -0.0144 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(92.27% 0.12 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.6775, 78.9853, 33.6031)
Luminance	0.7898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE685 #859BFC

analogous

#FCAB85 #FCE685 #D6FC85

triadic

#FCE685 #85FCE6 #E685FC

tetradic

#FCE685 #85FCAB #859BFC #FC85D6

square

#FCE685 #85FCAB #859BFC #FC85D6

split-complementary

#FCE685 #85D6FC #AB85FC

monochromatic

#F9CE0E #FBDA49 #FCE685 #FDF2C1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FCE685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#FCE685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE685

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE685	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.120 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedaa',
    500: '#fce685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce685;
$custom-light: #ffedaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 95.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92269,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE685

secondary

#4A65DB

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE685

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

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