#FCD253#FCD253

#FCD253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.149 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD253
RGB	rgb(252, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 97%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, 1.54, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 66.06, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0012 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.149 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7562, 67.4170, 17.7839)
Luminance	0.6741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD253 #537DFC

analogous

#FC7D53 #FCD253 #D1FC53

triadic

#FCD253 #53FCD2 #D253FC

tetradic

#FCD253 #53FC7D #537DFC #FC53D1

square

#FCD253 #53FC7D #537DFC #FC53D1

split-complementary

#FCD253 #53D1FC #7D53FC

monochromatic

#D19E04 #FBC217 #FCD253 #FDE28F #FEF1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FCD253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#FCD253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD253

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD253	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.149 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf89',
    500: '#fcd253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd253;
$custom-light: #ffdf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.089,
    "s": 96.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8775,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD253

secondary

#2750CC

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD253

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

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