#FCD045#FCD045

#FCD045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.157 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD045
RGB	rgb(252, 208, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 97%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, 1.88, 70.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 70.95, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0018 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.157 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7785, 66.2408, 15.0555)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD045 #4571FC

analogous

#FC7545 #FCD045 #CCFC45

triadic

#FCD045 #45FCD0 #D045FC

tetradic

#FCD045 #45FC75 #4571FC #FC45CC

square

#FCD045 #45FC75 #4571FC #FC45CC

split-complementary

#FCD045 #45CCFC #7545FC

monochromatic

#C39503 #FBC109 #FCD045 #FDDF81 #FEEEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#FCD045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#FCD045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD045

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD045	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 208, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.157 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde81',
    500: '#fcd045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd045;
$custom-light: #ffde81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.574,
    "s": 96.825,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87249,
    "c": 0.15671,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD045

secondary

#254AC0

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD045

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

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