#FCE975#FCE975

#FCE975 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE975
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 53.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.80, -7.82, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.80, 58.46, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0243 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.4971, 80.2604, 28.4992)
Luminance	0.8026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE975 #7588FC

analogous

#FCA675 #FCE975 #CBFC75

triadic

#FCE975 #75FCE9 #E975FC

tetradic

#FCE975 #75FCA6 #7588FC #FC75CB

square

#FCE975 #75FCA6 #7588FC #FC75CB

split-complementary

#FCE975 #75CBFC #A675FC

monochromatic

#F1D005 #FBDF39 #FCE975 #FDF3B1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#FCE975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE975

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE975	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa0',
    500: '#fce975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce975;
$custom-light: #ffefa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 95.745,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92664,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE975

secondary

#3D53D9

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE975

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

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