#FCDD5E#FCDD5E

#FCDD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.148 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDD5E
RGB	rgb(252, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -3.41, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 64.55, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0142 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.148 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.0248, 73.2199, 21.1373)
Luminance	0.7322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDD5E #5E7DFC

analogous

#FC8E5E #FCDD5E #CCFC5E

triadic

#FCDD5E #5EFCDD #DD5EFC

tetradic

#FCDD5E #5EFC8E #5E7DFC #FC5ECC

square

#FCDD5E #5EFC8E #5E7DFC #FC5ECC

split-complementary

#FCDD5E #5ECCFC #8E5EFC

monochromatic

#DCB104 #FBD022 #FCDD5E #FDEA9A #FEF6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FCDD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#FCDD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDD5E

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDD5E	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.148 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe791',
    500: '#fcdd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdd5e;
$custom-light: #ffe791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.228,
    "s": 96.341,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90021,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDD5E

secondary

#294BD5

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDD5E

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

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