#FCDE68#FCDE68

#FCDE68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.140 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE68
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 104)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 58.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -3.26, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 60.56, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0126 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.14 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.7677, 73.9407, 23.7438)
Luminance	0.7394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE68 #6886FC

analogous

#FC9468 #FCDE68 #D0FC68

triadic

#FCDE68 #68FCDE #DE68FC

tetradic

#FCDE68 #68FC94 #6886FC #FC68D0

square

#FCDE68 #68FC94 #6886FC #FC68D0

split-complementary

#FCDE68 #68D0FC #9468FC

monochromatic

#E5B805 #FBD12C #FCDE68 #FDEBA4 #FEF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#FCDE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE68

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE68	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.140 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe897',
    500: '#fcde68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde68;
$custom-light: #ffe897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 96.104,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9032,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE68

secondary

#3153D7

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE68

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

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