#FCD869#FCD869

#FCD869 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.135 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD869
RGB	rgb(252, 216, 105)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -0.15, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 58.33, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0035 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.135 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.2535, 70.8306, 23.4911)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD869 #698DFC

analogous

#FC8E69 #FCD869 #D7FC69

triadic

#FCD869 #69FCD8 #D869FC

tetradic

#FCD869 #69FC8E #698DFC #FC69D7

square

#FCD869 #69FC8E #698DFC #FC69D7

split-complementary

#FCD869 #69D7FC #8E69FC

monochromatic

#E6AF05 #FBC82D #FCD869 #FDE8A5 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FCD869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#FCD869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD869

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD869	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 216, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.135 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe397',
    500: '#fcd869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd869;
$custom-light: #ffe397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 96.078,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89145,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD869

secondary

#325BD7

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD869

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

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