#FCE960#FCE960

#FCE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.156 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE960
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -9.29, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 67.56, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0308 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.156 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.3979, 79.8207, 22.7101)
Luminance	0.7982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE960 #6073FC

analogous

#FC9B60 #FCE960 #C1FC60

triadic

#FCE960 #60FCE9 #E960FC

tetradic

#FCE960 #60FC9B #6073FC #FC60C1

square

#FCE960 #60FC9B #6073FC #FC60C1

split-complementary

#FCE960 #60C1FC #9B60FC

monochromatic

#DDC304 #FBE124 #FCE960 #FDF19C #FEFAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FCE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#FCE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE960

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE960	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.156 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef93',
    500: '#fce960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce960;
$custom-light: #ffef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.692,
    "s": 96.296,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92444,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE960

secondary

#2B3FD6

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE960

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

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