#FCE985#FCE985

#FCE985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE985
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 47.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.98, -6.47, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.98, 51.06, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.87% -0.0188 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(92.87% 0.123 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.5195, 80.6693, 33.8838)
Luminance	0.8067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE985 #8598FC

analogous

#FCAD85 #FCE985 #D3FC85

triadic

#FCE985 #85FCE9 #E985FC

tetradic

#FCE985 #85FCAD #8598FC #FC85D3

square

#FCE985 #85FCAD #8598FC #FC85D3

split-complementary

#FCE985 #85D3FC #AD85FC

monochromatic

#F9D30E #FBDE49 #FCE985 #FDF4C1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FCE985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#FCE985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE985

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE985	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefaa',
    500: '#fce985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce985;
$custom-light: #ffefaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 95.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92868,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE985

secondary

#4A61DB

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE985

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

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