#FCEC79#FCEC79

#FCEC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCEC79
RGB	rgb(252, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.61, -8.99, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.61, 57.74, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(93.32% -0.0273 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(93.32% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.5938, 82.0694, 30.0498)
Luminance	0.8207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCEC79 #7989FC

analogous

#FCAA79 #FCEC79 #CAFC79

triadic

#FCEC79 #79FCEC #EC79FC

tetradic

#FCEC79 #79FCAA #7989FC #FC79CA

square

#FCEC79 #79FCAA #7989FC #FC79CA

split-complementary

#FCEC79 #79CAFC #AA79FC

monochromatic

#F5D805 #FBE43D #FCEC79 #FDF4B5 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FCEC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.41

#FCEC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCEC79

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCEC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCEC79	1.00	1.21	17.41	17.41
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a2',
    500: '#fcec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcec79;
$custom-light: #fff1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93316,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCEC79

secondary

#4053D9

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCEC79

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

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