#FCED8F#FCED8F

#FCED8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.116 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCED8F
RGB	rgb(252, 237, 143)
HSL	hsl(52, 95%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 43.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.12, -7.53, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.12, 47.83, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(93.81% -0.0209 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(93.81% 0.116 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.3887, 83.2494, 38.0788)
Luminance	0.8325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCED8F #8F9EFC

analogous

#FCB68F #FCED8F #D5FC8F

triadic

#FCED8F #8FFCED #ED8FFC

tetradic

#FCED8F #8FFCB6 #8F9EFC #FC8FD5

square

#FCED8F #8FFCB6 #8F9EFC #FC8FD5

split-complementary

#FCED8F #8FD5FC #B68FFC

monochromatic

#F9DA18 #FAE353 #FCED8F #FEF7CB #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FCED8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.65

#FCED8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCED8F

17.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCED8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCED8F	1.00	1.19	17.65	17.65
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fced8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 237, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.116 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b1',
    500: '#fced8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fced8f;
$custom-light: #fff2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fced8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 94.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93812,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCED8F

secondary

#5366DC

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCED8F

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

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