#FCED72#FCED72

#FCED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.144 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED72
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 54.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.79, -10.04, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.79, 61.26, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(93.44% -0.031 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(93.44% 0.144 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.4687, 82.4814, 27.9668)
Luminance	0.8248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED72 #7281FC

analogous

#FCA872 #FCED72 #C6FC72

triadic

#FCED72 #72FCED #ED72FC

tetradic

#FCED72 #72FCA8 #7281FC #FC72C6

square

#FCED72 #72FCA8 #7281FC #FC72C6

split-complementary

#FCED72 #72C6FC #A872FC

monochromatic

#EFD505 #FBE536 #FCED72 #FDF5AE #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#FCED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED72

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED72	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.144 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff29e',
    500: '#fced72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced72;
$custom-light: #fff29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93436,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED72

secondary

#3A4BD8

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED72

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

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