#FCDE72#FCDE72

#FCDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.132 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE72
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 54.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -2.53, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 56.09, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0094 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.132 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.3061, 74.1561, 26.5793)
Luminance	0.7415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE72 #7290FC

analogous

#FC9972 #FCDE72 #D5FC72

triadic

#FCDE72 #72FCDE #DE72FC

tetradic

#FCDE72 #72FC99 #7290FC #FC72D5

square

#FCDE72 #72FC99 #7290FC #FC72D5

split-complementary

#FCDE72 #72D5FC #9972FC

monochromatic

#EFBC05 #FBD036 #FCDE72 #FDECAE #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#FCDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE72

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE72	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.132 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe89d',
    500: '#fcde72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde72;
$custom-light: #ffe89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90433,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE72

secondary

#3A5CD8

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE72

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

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