#FCE978#FCE978

#FCE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE978
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.83, -7.58, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.83, 57.09, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.7% -0.0233 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(92.7% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.6763, 80.3321, 29.4431)
Luminance	0.8033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE978 #788BFC

analogous

#FCA778 #FCE978 #CDFC78

triadic

#FCE978 #78FCE9 #E978FC

tetradic

#FCE978 #78FCA7 #788BFC #FC78CD

square

#FCE978 #78FCA7 #788BFC #FC78CD

split-complementary

#FCE978 #78CDFC #A778FC

monochromatic

#F4D205 #FBDF3C #FCE978 #FDF3B4 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#FCE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE978

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE978	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa2',
    500: '#fce978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce978;
$custom-light: #ffefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.927,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE978

secondary

#3F55D9

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE978

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

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