#FCDD79#FCDD79

#FCDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.125 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDD79
RGB	rgb(252, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -1.47, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 52.56, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0055 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.125 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.4551, 73.7920, 28.6703)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDD79 #7998FC

analogous

#FC9C79 #FCDD79 #D9FC79

triadic

#FCDD79 #79FCDD #DD79FC

tetradic

#FCDD79 #79FC9C #7998FC #FC79D9

square

#FCDD79 #79FC9C #7998FC #FC79D9

split-complementary

#FCDD79 #79D9FC #9C79FC

monochromatic

#F5BC05 #FBCE3D #FCDD79 #FDECB5 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#FCDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDD79

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDD79	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.125 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe7a2',
    500: '#fcdd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdd79;
$custom-light: #ffe7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90323,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDD79

secondary

#4064D9

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDD79

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

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