#FCDC74#FCDC74

#FCDC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.129 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDC74
RGB	rgb(252, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 54%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -1.36, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 54.55, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0058 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.129 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.8932, 73.1460, 27.0094)
Luminance	0.7314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDC74 #7494FC

analogous

#FC9874 #FCDC74 #D8FC74

triadic

#FCDC74 #74FCDC #DC74FC

tetradic

#FCDC74 #74FC98 #7494FC #FC74D8

square

#FCDC74 #74FC98 #7494FC #FC74D8

split-complementary

#FCDC74 #74D8FC #9874FC

monochromatic

#F0B905 #FBCD38 #FCDC74 #FDEBB0 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FCDC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#FCDC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDC74

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDC74	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.129 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe69e',
    500: '#fcdc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdc74;
$custom-light: #ffe69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 95.775,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90062,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDC74

secondary

#3C61D8

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDC74

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

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