#FCDD4B#FCDD4B

#FCDD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.161 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDD4B
RGB	rgb(252, 221, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 70.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -4.44, 71.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 72.07, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0193 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.161 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.2747, 72.9198, 17.1866)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDD4B #4B6AFC

analogous

#FC854B #FCDD4B #C2FC4B

triadic

#FCDD4B #4BFCDD #DD4BFC

tetradic

#FCDD4B #4BFC85 #4B6AFC #FC4BC2

square

#FCDD4B #4BFC85 #4B6AFC #FC4BC2

split-complementary

#FCDD4B #4BC2FC #854BFC

monochromatic

#C9A703 #FBD20F #FCDD4B #FDE887 #FEF4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FCDD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#FCDD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDD4B

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDD4B	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)

#F3D835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 221, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.161 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe786',
    500: '#fcdd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdd4b;
$custom-light: #ffe786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.492,
    "s": 96.721,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89862,
    "c": 0.16108,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDD4B

secondary

#2642C5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDD4B

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

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