#FCDD49#FCDD49

#FCDD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.162 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDD49
RGB	rgb(252, 221, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 97%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 71%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -4.54, 72.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 72.80, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0198 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.162 97)
XYZ	xyz(67.2073, 72.8929, 16.8318)
Luminance	0.7289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDD49 #4968FC

analogous

#FC8349 #FCDD49 #C1FC49

triadic

#FCDD49 #49FCDD #DD49FC

tetradic

#FCDD49 #49FC83 #4968FC #FC49C1

square

#FCDD49 #49FC83 #4968FC #FC49C1

split-complementary

#FCDD49 #49C1FC #8349FC

monochromatic

#C7A503 #FBD20D #FCDD49 #FDE885 #FEF3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCDD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#FCDD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDD49

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDD49	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 221, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.162 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe785',
    500: '#fcdd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdd49;
$custom-light: #ffe785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.609,
    "s": 96.757,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89847,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.72889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDD49

secondary

#2641C4

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDD49

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

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