#FCEA72#FCEA72

#FCEA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEA72
RGB	rgb(252, 234, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 54.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -8.55, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 60.16, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.83% -0.0267 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(92.83% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.6074, 80.7587, 27.6797)
Luminance	0.8076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCEA72 #7284FC

analogous

#FCA572 #FCEA72 #C9FC72

triadic

#FCEA72 #72FCEA #EA72FC

tetradic

#FCEA72 #72FCA5 #7284FC #FC72C9

square

#FCEA72 #72FCA5 #7284FC #FC72C9

split-complementary

#FCEA72 #72C9FC #A572FC

monochromatic

#EFD005 #FBE136 #FCEA72 #FDF3AE #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FCEA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#FCEA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEA72

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEA72	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcea72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 234, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff09e',
    500: '#fcea72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcea72;
$custom-light: #fff09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcea72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92831,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEA72

secondary

#3A4FD8

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEA72

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

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