#FCDE78#FCDE78

#FCDE78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.126 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE78
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -2.06, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 53.34, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0073 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.126 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6589, 74.2972, 28.4372)
Luminance	0.7429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE78 #7896FC

analogous

#FC9C78 #FCDE78 #D8FC78

triadic

#FCDE78 #78FCDE #DE78FC

tetradic

#FCDE78 #78FC9C #7896FC #FC78D8

square

#FCDE78 #78FC9C #7896FC #FC78D8

split-complementary

#FCDE78 #78D8FC #9C78FC

monochromatic

#F4BE05 #FBCF3C #FCDE78 #FDEDB4 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FCDE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#FCDE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE78

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE78	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.126 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a1',
    500: '#fcde78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde78;
$custom-light: #ffe8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90508,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE78

secondary

#3F62D9

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE78

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

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