#FCDF57#FCDF57

#FCDF57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.154 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDF57
RGB	rgb(252, 223, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 65.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -4.83, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 68.02, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0191 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.154 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.2560, 74.1623, 19.7345)
Luminance	0.7416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDF57 #5774FC

analogous

#FC8D57 #FCDF57 #C6FC57

triadic

#FCDF57 #57FCDF #DF57FC

tetradic

#FCDF57 #57FC8D #5774FC #FC57C6

square

#FCDF57 #57FC8D #5774FC #FC57C6

split-complementary

#FCDF57 #57C6FC #8D57FC

monochromatic

#D5B004 #FBD41B #FCDF57 #FDEA93 #FEF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FCDF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#FCDF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDF57

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDF57	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 223, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.154 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe88d',
    500: '#fcdf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdf57;
$custom-light: #ffe88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.455,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90356,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDF57

secondary

#2845CF

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDF57

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

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