#FCDE81#FCDE81

#FCDE81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.118 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE81
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -1.29, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 49.14, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0042 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.118 92)
XYZ	xyz(70.2310, 74.5260, 31.4502)
Luminance	0.7452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE81 #819FFC

analogous

#FCA181 #FCDE81 #DCFC81

triadic

#FCDE81 #81FCDE #DE81FC

tetradic

#FCDE81 #81FCA1 #819FFC #FC81DC

square

#FCDE81 #81FCA1 #819FFC #FC81DC

split-complementary

#FCDE81 #81DCFC #A181FC

monochromatic

#F9BF09 #FBCE45 #FCDE81 #FDEEBD #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FCDE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#FCDE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE81

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE81	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.118 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a7',
    500: '#fcde81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde81;
$custom-light: #ffe8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90627,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.74523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE81

secondary

#476BDA

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE81

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

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