#FCDE61#FCDE61

#FCDE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.146 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE61
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 61.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -3.73, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 63.58, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0148 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.146 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.4268, 73.8044, 21.9483)
Luminance	0.7380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE61 #617FFC

analogous

#FC9061 #FCDE61 #CCFC61

triadic

#FCDE61 #61FCDE #DE61FC

tetradic

#FCDE61 #61FC90 #617FFC #FC61CC

square

#FCDE61 #61FC90 #617FFC #FC61CC

split-complementary

#FCDE61 #61CCFC #9061FC

monochromatic

#DEB404 #FBD125 #FCDE61 #FDEB9D #FEF7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#FCDE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE61

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE61	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.146 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe892',
    500: '#fcde61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde61;
$custom-light: #ffe892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 96.273,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90248,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE61

secondary

#2B4CD6

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE61

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

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