#FCDD5F#FCDD5F

#FCDD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.147 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDD5F
RGB	rgb(252, 221, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -3.35, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 64.13, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0139 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.147 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.0699, 73.2379, 21.3751)
Luminance	0.7323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDD5F #5F7EFC

analogous

#FC8E5F #FCDD5F #CCFC5F

triadic

#FCDD5F #5FFCDD #DD5FFC

tetradic

#FCDD5F #5FFC8E #5F7EFC #FC5FCC

square

#FCDD5F #5FFC8E #5F7EFC #FC5FCC

split-complementary

#FCDD5F #5FCCFC #8E5FFC

monochromatic

#DCB204 #FBD023 #FCDD5F #FDEA9B #FEF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FCDD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#FCDD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDD5F

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDD5F	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)

#F2D951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 221, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.147 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe791',
    500: '#fcdd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdd5f;
$custom-light: #ffe791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.153,
    "s": 96.319,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9003,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDD5F

secondary

#2A4CD5

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDD5F

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

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