#FCD242#FCD242

#FCD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.160 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD242
RGB	rgb(252, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 97%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, 0.73, 72.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 72.48, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0054 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.16 92)
XYZ	xyz(64.1785, 67.1859, 14.7410)
Luminance	0.6718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD242 #426CFC

analogous

#FC7542 #FCD242 #C9FC42

triadic

#FCD242 #42FCD2 #D242FC

tetradic

#FCD242 #42FC75 #426CFC #FC42C9

square

#FCD242 #42FC75 #426CFC #FC42C9

split-complementary

#FCD242 #42C9FC #7542FC

monochromatic

#C19603 #FBC406 #FCD242 #FDE07E #FEEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#FCD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD242

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD242	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.160 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf80',
    500: '#fcd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd242;
$custom-light: #ffdf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 96.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87621,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.67182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD242

secondary

#2447BE

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD242

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

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