#FCED79#FCED79

#FCED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.138 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED79
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.86, -9.49, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.86, 58.12, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(93.52% -0.0287 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(93.52% 0.138 102)
XYZ	xyz(73.8825, 82.6469, 30.1461)
Luminance	0.8264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED79 #7988FC

analogous

#FCAB79 #FCED79 #C9FC79

triadic

#FCED79 #79FCED #ED79FC

tetradic

#FCED79 #79FCAB #7988FC #FC79C9

square

#FCED79 #79FCAB #7988FC #FC79C9

split-complementary

#FCED79 #79C9FC #AB79FC

monochromatic

#F5DA05 #FBE53D #FCED79 #FDF5B5 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.53

#FCED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED79

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED79	1.00	1.20	17.53	17.53
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.138 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2a2',
    500: '#fced79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced79;
$custom-light: #fff2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93517,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.82644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED79

secondary

#4052D9

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED79

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

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