#FCED74#FCED74

#FCED74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.143 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED74
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 54%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.81, -9.88, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.81, 60.37, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(93.46% -0.0303 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(93.46% 0.143 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.5838, 82.5274, 28.5729)
Luminance	0.8253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED74 #7483FC

analogous

#FCA974 #FCED74 #C7FC74

triadic

#FCED74 #74FCED #ED74FC

tetradic

#FCED74 #74FCA9 #7483FC #FC74C7

square

#FCED74 #74FCA9 #7483FC #FC74C7

split-complementary

#FCED74 #74C7FC #A974FC

monochromatic

#F0D605 #FBE538 #FCED74 #FDF5B0 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCED74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#FCED74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED74

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED74	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.143 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff29f',
    500: '#fced74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced74;
$custom-light: #fff29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 95.775,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93459,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED74

secondary

#3C4DD8

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED74

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

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