#FCE971#FCE971

#FCE971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.142 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE971
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.76, -8.13, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.76, 60.25, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(92.62% -0.0256 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(92.62% 0.142 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.2669, 80.1683, 27.2869)
Luminance	0.8017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE971 #7184FC

analogous

#FCA471 #FCE971 #C9FC71

triadic

#FCE971 #71FCE9 #E971FC

tetradic

#FCE971 #71FCA4 #7184FC #FC71C9

square

#FCE971 #71FCA4 #7184FC #FC71C9

split-complementary

#FCE971 #71C9FC #A471FC

monochromatic

#EECE05 #FBE035 #FCE971 #FDF2AD #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#FCE971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE971

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE971	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.142 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9d',
    500: '#fce971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce971;
$custom-light: #ffef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 95.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92618,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE971

secondary

#394FD8

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE971

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

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