#FCDC65#FCDC65

#FCDC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.142 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDC65
RGB	rgb(252, 220, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -2.46, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 61.26, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0107 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.142 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.0900, 72.8248, 22.7795)
Luminance	0.7282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDC65 #6585FC

analogous

#FC9165 #FCDC65 #D0FC65

triadic

#FCDC65 #65FCDC #DC65FC

tetradic

#FCDC65 #65FC91 #6585FC #FC65D0

square

#FCDC65 #65FC91 #6585FC #FC65D0

split-complementary

#FCDC65 #65D0FC #9165FC

monochromatic

#E2B304 #FBCE29 #FCDC65 #FDEAA1 #FEF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCDC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#FCDC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDC65

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDC65	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 220, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.142 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe695',
    500: '#fcdc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdc65;
$custom-light: #ffe695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 96.178,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89892,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDC65

secondary

#2F52D6

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDC65

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

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