#FCDE5E#FCDE5E

#FCDE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.149 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE5E
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -3.92, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 64.85, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0157 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.149 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.2896, 73.7495, 21.2255)
Luminance	0.7375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE5E #5E7CFC

analogous

#FC8F5E #FCDE5E #CBFC5E

triadic

#FCDE5E #5EFCDE #DE5EFC

tetradic

#FCDE5E #5EFC8F #5E7CFC #FC5ECB

square

#FCDE5E #5EFC8F #5E7CFC #FC5ECB

split-complementary

#FCDE5E #5ECBFC #8F5EFC

monochromatic

#DCB304 #FBD222 #FCDE5E #FDEA9A #FEF7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#FCDE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE5E

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE5E	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.149 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe891',
    500: '#fcde5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde5e;
$custom-light: #ffe891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 96.341,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90219,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE5E

secondary

#294AD5

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE5E

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

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