#FCD86A#FCD86A

#FCD86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.135 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD86A
RGB	rgb(252, 216, 106)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -0.08, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 57.88, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0032 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.135 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.3052, 70.8512, 23.7634)
Luminance	0.7085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD86A #6A8EFC

analogous

#FC8F6A #FCD86A #D7FC6A

triadic

#FCD86A #6AFCD8 #D86AFC

tetradic

#FCD86A #6AFC8F #6A8EFC #FC6AD7

square

#FCD86A #6AFC8F #6A8EFC #FC6AD7

split-complementary

#FCD86A #6AD7FC #8F6AFC

monochromatic

#E7AF05 #FBC82E #FCD86A #FDE8A6 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FCD86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#FCD86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD86A

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD86A	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)

#ECD55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 216, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.135 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe398',
    500: '#fcd86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd86a;
$custom-light: #ffe398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 96.053,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89156,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD86A

secondary

#335CD7

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD86A

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

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