#FCDC79#FCDC79

#FCDC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.124 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDC79
RGB	rgb(252, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -0.96, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 52.25, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0041 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.124 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.1919, 73.2655, 28.5825)
Luminance	0.7326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDC79 #7999FC

analogous

#FC9B79 #FCDC79 #DAFC79

triadic

#FCDC79 #79FCDC #DC79FC

tetradic

#FCDC79 #79FC9B #7999FC #FC79DA

square

#FCDC79 #79FC9B #7999FC #FC79DA

split-complementary

#FCDC79 #79DAFC #9B79FC

monochromatic

#F5BB05 #FBCC3D #FCDC79 #FDECB5 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FCDC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#FCDC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDC79

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDC79	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)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.124 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe6a2',
    500: '#fcdc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdc79;
$custom-light: #ffe6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90125,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDC79

secondary

#4065D9

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDC79

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

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