#FCD145#FCD145

#FCD145 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.157 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD145
RGB	rgb(252, 209, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 97%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, 1.37, 71.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 71.18, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0033 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.157 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.0231, 66.7299, 15.1371)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD145 #4570FC

analogous

#FC7645 #FCD145 #CBFC45

triadic

#FCD145 #45FCD1 #D145FC

tetradic

#FCD145 #45FC76 #4570FC #FC45CB

square

#FCD145 #45FC76 #4570FC #FC45CB

split-complementary

#FCD145 #45CBFC #7645FC

monochromatic

#C39603 #FBC209 #FCD145 #FDE081 #FEEFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#FCD145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#FCD145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD145

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD145	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 209, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.157 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde81',
    500: '#fcd145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd145;
$custom-light: #ffde81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.902,
    "s": 96.825,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87445,
    "c": 0.15724,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD145

secondary

#2549C0

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD145

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

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