#FCED8D#FCED8D

#FCED8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED8D
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 141)
HSL	hsl(52, 95%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 44%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.10, -7.72, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.10, 48.79, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.78% -0.0216 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(93.78% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.2386, 83.1893, 37.2880)
Luminance	0.8319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED8D #8D9CFC

analogous

#FCB68D #FCED8D #D4FC8D

triadic

#FCED8D #8DFCED #ED8DFC

tetradic

#FCED8D #8DFCB6 #8D9CFC #FC8DD4

square

#FCED8D #8DFCB6 #8D9CFC #FC8DD4

split-complementary

#FCED8D #8DD4FC #B68DFC

monochromatic

#F9DA16 #FAE451 #FCED8D #FEF6C9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FCED8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FCED8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED8D

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED8D	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b0',
    500: '#fced8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced8d;
$custom-light: #fff2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 94.872,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93783,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.83187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED8D

secondary

#5164DC

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED8D

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

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