#FCDE76#FCDE76

#FCDE76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.128 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE76
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 118)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 53.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -2.22, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 54.26, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.008 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.128 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.5388, 74.2492, 27.8047)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE76 #7694FC

analogous

#FC9B76 #FCDE76 #D7FC76

triadic

#FCDE76 #76FCDE #DE76FC

tetradic

#FCDE76 #76FC9B #7694FC #FC76D7

square

#FCDE76 #76FC9B #7694FC #FC76D7

split-complementary

#FCDE76 #76D7FC #9B76FC

monochromatic

#F2BD05 #FBD03A #FCDE76 #FDECB2 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FCDE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#FCDE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE76

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE76	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.128 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a0',
    500: '#fcde76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde76;
$custom-light: #ffe8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 95.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90482,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE76

secondary

#3D60D9

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE76

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

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