#FCDD73#FCDD73

#FCDD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.130 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDD73
RGB	rgb(252, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 54.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -1.95, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 55.32, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0076 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.13 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.0985, 73.6494, 26.7924)
Luminance	0.7365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDD73 #7392FC

analogous

#FC9973 #FCDD73 #D7FC73

triadic

#FCDD73 #73FCDD #DD73FC

tetradic

#FCDD73 #73FC99 #7392FC #FC73D7

square

#FCDD73 #73FC99 #7392FC #FC73D7

split-complementary

#FCDD73 #73D7FC #9973FC

monochromatic

#EFBA05 #FBCE37 #FCDD73 #FDECAF #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FCDD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#FCDD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDD73

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDD73	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.130 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe79e',
    500: '#fcdd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdd73;
$custom-light: #ffe79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 95.804,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90248,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDD73

secondary

#3B5FD8

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDD73

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

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