#FCED7E#FCED7E

#FCED7E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED7E
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 126)
HSL	hsl(53, 95%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 50%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.91, -9.08, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.91, 55.83, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(93.58% -0.027 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(93.58% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.1971, 82.7727, 31.8029)
Luminance	0.8277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED7E #7E8DFC

analogous

#FCAE7E #FCED7E #CCFC7E

triadic

#FCED7E #7EFCED #ED7EFC

tetradic

#FCED7E #7EFCAE #7E8DFC #FC7ECC

square

#FCED7E #7EFCAE #7E8DFC #FC7ECC

split-complementary

#FCED7E #7ECCFC #AE7EFC

monochromatic

#F9DC06 #FBE542 #FCED7E #FDF5BA #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FCED7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.55

#FCED7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED7E

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED7E	1.00	1.20	17.55	17.55
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2a6',
    500: '#fced7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced7e;
$custom-light: #fff2a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 95.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93579,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED7E

secondary

#4456DA

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED7E

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

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