#FCED8A#FCED8A

#FCED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED8A
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 95%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 45.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.06, -8.01, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.06, 50.21, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(93.74% -0.0227 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(93.74% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.0184, 83.1012, 36.1283)
Luminance	0.8310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED8A #8A99FC

analogous

#FCB48A #FCED8A #D2FC8A

triadic

#FCED8A #8AFCED #ED8AFC

tetradic

#FCED8A #8AFCB4 #8A99FC #FC8AD2

square

#FCED8A #8AFCB4 #8A99FC #FC8AD2

split-complementary

#FCED8A #8AD2FC #B48AFC

monochromatic

#F9DB13 #FAE44E #FCED8A #FEF6C6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FCED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#FCED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED8A

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED8A	1.00	1.19	17.62	17.62
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ae',
    500: '#fced8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced8a;
$custom-light: #fff2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 95,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9374,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED8A

secondary

#4F61DC

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED8A

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

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