#FCED7A#FCED7A

#FCED7A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.137 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED7A
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 122)
HSL	hsl(53, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 51.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.87, -9.41, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.87, 57.66, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(93.53% -0.0283 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(93.53% 0.137 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.9442, 82.6715, 30.4707)
Luminance	0.8267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED7A #7A89FC

analogous

#FCAC7A #FCED7A #CAFC7A

triadic

#FCED7A #7AFCED #ED7AFC

tetradic

#FCED7A #7AFCAC #7A89FC #FC7ACA

square

#FCED7A #7AFCAC #7A89FC #FC7ACA

split-complementary

#FCED7A #7ACAFC #AC7AFC

monochromatic

#F6DA06 #FBE53E #FCED7A #FDF5B6 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCED7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.53

#FCED7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED7A

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED7A	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)

#FFE76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.137 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2a3',
    500: '#fced7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced7a;
$custom-light: #fff2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 95.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93529,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED7A

secondary

#4152D9

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED7A

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

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