#FCDF79#FCDF79

#FCDF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.126 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDF79
RGB	rgb(252, 223, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -2.48, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 53.20, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0085 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.126 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.9863, 74.8544, 28.8473)
Luminance	0.7485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDF79 #7996FC

analogous

#FC9E79 #FCDF79 #D7FC79

triadic

#FCDF79 #79FCDF #DF79FC

tetradic

#FCDF79 #79FC9E #7996FC #FC79D7

square

#FCDF79 #79FC9E #7996FC #FC79D7

split-complementary

#FCDF79 #79D7FC #9E79FC

monochromatic

#F5C005 #FBD13D #FCDF79 #FDEDB5 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FCDF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#FCDF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDF79

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDF79	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 223, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.126 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a2',
    500: '#fcdf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdf79;
$custom-light: #ffe8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90718,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDF79

secondary

#4062D9

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDF79

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

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