#FCE85F#FCE85F

#FCE85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.156 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE85F
RGB	rgb(252, 232, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 62.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -8.86, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 67.63, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.23% -0.0297 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(92.23% 0.156 101)
XYZ	xyz(71.0699, 79.2378, 22.3751)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE85F #5F73FC

analogous

#FC9A5F #FCE85F #C1FC5F

triadic

#FCE85F #5FFCE8 #E85FFC

tetradic

#FCE85F #5FFC9A #5F73FC #FC5FC1

square

#FCE85F #5FFC9A #5F73FC #FC5FC1

split-complementary

#FCE85F #5FC1FC #9A5FFC

monochromatic

#DCC104 #FBDF23 #FCE85F #FDF19B #FEF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FCE85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#FCE85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE85F

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE85F	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 232, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.156 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef92',
    500: '#fce85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce85f;
$custom-light: #ffef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.357,
    "s": 96.319,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92233,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.79235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE85F

secondary

#2A40D5

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE85F

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

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