#FCE94D#FCE94D

#FCE94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.169 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE94D
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 97%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -10.34, 74.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 74.94, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0358 0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.169 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.6264, 79.5121, 18.6469)
Luminance	0.7951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE94D #4D60FC

analogous

#FC924D #FCE94D #B7FC4D

triadic

#FCE94D #4DFCE9 #E94DFC

tetradic

#FCE94D #4DFC92 #4D60FC #FC4DB7

square

#FCE94D #4DFC92 #4D60FC #FC4DB7

split-complementary

#FCE94D #4DB7FC #924DFC

monochromatic

#CBB503 #FBE211 #FCE94D #FDF089 #FEF8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FCE94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#FCE94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE94D

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE94D	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.169 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef88',
    500: '#fce94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce94d;
$custom-light: #ffef88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.486,
    "s": 96.685,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9229,
    "c": 0.16895,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE94D

secondary

#2638C7

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE94D

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

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