#FCDE65#FCDE65

#FCDE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.143 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE65
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 59.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -3.47, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 61.87, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0136 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.143 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.6181, 73.8809, 22.9555)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE65 #6583FC

analogous

#FC9365 #FCDE65 #CFFC65

triadic

#FCDE65 #65FCDE #DE65FC

tetradic

#FCDE65 #65FC93 #6583FC #FC65CF

square

#FCDE65 #65FC93 #6583FC #FC65CF

split-complementary

#FCDE65 #65CFFC #9365FC

monochromatic

#E2B604 #FBD129 #FCDE65 #FDEBA1 #FEF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#FCDE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE65

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE65	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.143 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe895',
    500: '#fcde65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde65;
$custom-light: #ffe895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 96.178,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90289,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE65

secondary

#2F50D6

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE65

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

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