#FCD94E#FCD94E

#FCD94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.156 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD94E
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 69%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -2.28, 69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 69.84, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0128 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.156 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.3362, 70.8748, 17.3924)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD94E #4E71FC

analogous

#FC824E #FCD94E #C8FC4E

triadic

#FCD94E #4EFCD9 #D94EFC

tetradic

#FCD94E #4EFC82 #4E71FC #FC4EC8

square

#FCD94E #4EFC82 #4E71FC #FC4EC8

split-complementary

#FCD94E #4EC8FC #824EFC

monochromatic

#CCA403 #FBCC12 #FCD94E #FDE68A #FEF3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FCD94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#FCD94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD94E

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD94E	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.156 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe487',
    500: '#fcd94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd94e;
$custom-light: #ffe487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.931,
    "s": 96.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89088,
    "c": 0.15645,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD94E

secondary

#2747C8

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD94E

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

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