#FCDE5F#FCDE5F

#FCDE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.148 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE5F
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -3.85, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 64.43, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0154 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.148 96)
XYZ	xyz(68.3347, 73.7675, 21.4634)
Luminance	0.7376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE5F #5F7DFC

analogous

#FC8F5F #FCDE5F #CBFC5F

triadic

#FCDE5F #5FFCDE #DE5FFC

tetradic

#FCDE5F #5FFC8F #5F7DFC #FC5FCB

square

#FCDE5F #5FFC8F #5F7DFC #FC5FCB

split-complementary

#FCDE5F #5FCBFC #8F5FFC

monochromatic

#DCB304 #FBD223 #FCDE5F #FDEA9B #FEF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#FCDE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE5F

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE5F	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)

#F3D951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.148 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe891',
    500: '#fcde5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde5f;
$custom-light: #ffe891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 96.319,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90229,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.73764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE5F

secondary

#2A4BD5

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE5F

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

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