#FCED78#FCED78

#FCED78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED78
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.85, -9.57, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.85, 58.57, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(93.51% -0.029 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(93.51% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.8215, 82.6225, 29.8248)
Luminance	0.8262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED78 #7887FC

analogous

#FCAB78 #FCED78 #C9FC78

triadic

#FCED78 #78FCED #ED78FC

tetradic

#FCED78 #78FCAB #7887FC #FC78C9

square

#FCED78 #78FCAB #7887FC #FC78C9

split-complementary

#FCED78 #78C9FC #AB78FC

monochromatic

#F4D905 #FBE53C #FCED78 #FDF5B4 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCED78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#FCED78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED78

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED78	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2a2',
    500: '#fced78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced78;
$custom-light: #fff2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93505,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED78

secondary

#3F51D9

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED78

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

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