#FCDE79#FCDE79

#FCDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.125 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE79
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -1.98, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 52.88, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.007 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.125 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.7199, 74.3216, 28.7585)
Luminance	0.7432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE79 #7997FC

analogous

#FC9D79 #FCDE79 #D8FC79

triadic

#FCDE79 #79FCDE #DE79FC

tetradic

#FCDE79 #79FC9D #7997FC #FC79D8

square

#FCDE79 #79FC9D #7997FC #FC79D8

split-complementary

#FCDE79 #79D8FC #9D79FC

monochromatic

#F5BE05 #FBCF3D #FCDE79 #FDEDB5 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FCDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#FCDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE79

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE79	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)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.125 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a2',
    500: '#fcde79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde79;
$custom-light: #ffe8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9052,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE79

secondary

#4063D9

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE79

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

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