#FCDE4B#FCDE4B

#FCDE4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.162 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE4B
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 97%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 70.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -4.95, 72.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 72.35, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0207 0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.162 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.5395, 73.4494, 17.2749)
Luminance	0.7345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE4B #4B69FC

analogous

#FC864B #FCDE4B #C1FC4B

triadic

#FCDE4B #4BFCDE #DE4BFC

tetradic

#FCDE4B #4BFC86 #4B69FC #FC4BC1

square

#FCDE4B #4BFC86 #4B69FC #FC4BC1

split-complementary

#FCDE4B #4BC1FC #864BFC

monochromatic

#C9A803 #FBD30F #FCDE4B #FDE987 #FEF4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FCDE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#FCDE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE4B

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE4B	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.162 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe786',
    500: '#fcde4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde4b;
$custom-light: #ffe786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 96.721,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90061,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE4B

secondary

#2641C5

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE4B

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

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