#FCDE4E#FCDE4E

#FCDE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.160 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE4E
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 97%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 69%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -4.80, 71.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 71.23, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.02 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.16 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.6446, 73.4915, 17.8285)
Luminance	0.7349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE4E #4E6CFC

analogous

#FC874E #FCDE4E #C3FC4E

triadic

#FCDE4E #4EFCDE #DE4EFC

tetradic

#FCDE4E #4EFC87 #4E6CFC #FC4EC3

square

#FCDE4E #4EFC87 #4E6CFC #FC4EC3

split-complementary

#FCDE4E #4EC3FC #874EFC

monochromatic

#CCAA03 #FBD312 #FCDE4E #FDE98A #FEF4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FCDE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#FCDE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE4E

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE4E	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.160 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe787',
    500: '#fcde4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde4e;
$custom-light: #ffe787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 96.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90083,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE4E

secondary

#2742C8

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE4E

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

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