#FCE987#FCE987

#FCE987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCE987
RGB	rgb(252, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(50, 95%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 46.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.01, -6.29, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.01, 50.11, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(92.9% -0.0181 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(92.9% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.6590, 80.7251, 34.6184)
Luminance	0.8072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCE987 #879AFC

analogous

#FCAE87 #FCE987 #D5FC87

triadic

#FCE987 #87FCE9 #E987FC

tetradic

#FCE987 #87FCAE #879AFC #FC87D5

square

#FCE987 #87FCAE #879AFC #FC87D5

split-complementary

#FCE987 #87D5FC #AE87FC

monochromatic

#F9D310 #FBDE4B #FCE987 #FDF4C3 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#FCE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCE987

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCE987	1.00	1.22	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE47F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fce987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefac',
    500: '#fce987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fce987;
$custom-light: #ffefac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fce987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 95.122,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92896,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCE987

secondary

#4C63DB

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCE987

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

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