#FCDD7E#FCDD7E

#FCDD7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.120 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDD7E
RGB	rgb(252, 221, 126)
HSL	hsl(45, 95%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 50%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -1.05, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 50.23, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0038 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.12 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.7697, 73.9178, 30.3271)
Luminance	0.7391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDD7E #7E9DFC

analogous

#FC9E7E #FCDD7E #DCFC7E

triadic

#FCDD7E #7EFCDD #DD7EFC

tetradic

#FCDD7E #7EFC9E #7E9DFC #FC7EDC

square

#FCDD7E #7EFC9E #7E9DFC #FC7EDC

split-complementary

#FCDD7E #7EDCFC #9E7EFC

monochromatic

#F9BD06 #FBCD42 #FCDD7E #FDEDBA #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#FCDD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDD7E

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDD7E	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDA76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 221, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.120 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe7a5',
    500: '#fcdd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdd7e;
$custom-light: #ffe7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 95.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90389,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDD7E

secondary

#4469DA

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDD7E

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

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