#FCDC78#FCDC78

#FCDC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.125 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDC78
RGB	rgb(252, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -1.04, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 52.71, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0044 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.125 92)
XYZ	xyz(69.1309, 73.2411, 28.2612)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDC78 #7898FC

analogous

#FC9A78 #FCDC78 #DAFC78

triadic

#FCDC78 #78FCDC #DC78FC

tetradic

#FCDC78 #78FC9A #7898FC #FC78DA

square

#FCDC78 #78FC9A #7898FC #FC78DA

split-complementary

#FCDC78 #78DAFC #9A78FC

monochromatic

#F4BA05 #FBCC3C #FCDC78 #FDECB4 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FCDC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#FCDC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDC78

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDC78	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.125 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe6a1',
    500: '#fcdc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdc78;
$custom-light: #ffe6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90113,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.73238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDC78

secondary

#3F64D9

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDC78

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

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