#FCDE74#FCDE74

#FCDE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.130 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE74
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 54%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -2.38, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 55.18, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0087 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.13 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.4212, 74.2021, 27.1854)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE74 #7492FC

analogous

#FC9A74 #FCDE74 #D6FC74

triadic

#FCDE74 #74FCDE #DE74FC

tetradic

#FCDE74 #74FC9A #7492FC #FC74D6

square

#FCDE74 #74FC9A #7492FC #FC74D6

split-complementary

#FCDE74 #74D6FC #9A74FC

monochromatic

#F0BD05 #FBD038 #FCDE74 #FDECB0 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#FCDE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE74

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE74	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.130 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe89f',
    500: '#fcde74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde74;
$custom-light: #ffe89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 95.775,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90458,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE74

secondary

#3C5ED8

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE74

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

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