#FCE965#FCE965

#FCE965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.152 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE965
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.65, -8.97, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.65, 65.47, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0294 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.152 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.6355, 79.9157, 23.9613)
Luminance	0.7991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE965 #6578FC

analogous

#FC9E65 #FCE965 #C4FC65

triadic

#FCE965 #65FCE9 #E965FC

tetradic

#FCE965 #65FC9E #6578FC #FC65C4

square

#FCE965 #65FC9E #6578FC #FC65C4

split-complementary

#FCE965 #65C4FC #9E65FC

monochromatic

#E2C604 #FBE029 #FCE965 #FDF2A1 #FEFADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FCE965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#FCE965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE965

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE965	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.152 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef96',
    500: '#fce965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce965;
$custom-light: #ffef96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.45,
    "s": 96.178,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92492,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE965

secondary

#2F44D6

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE965

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

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