#FCD86C#FCD86C

#FCD86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.133 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD86C
RGB	rgb(252, 216, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, 0.06, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 56.99, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0026 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.133 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.4104, 70.8933, 24.3175)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD86C #6C90FC

analogous

#FC906C #FCD86C #D8FC6C

triadic

#FCD86C #6CFCD8 #D86CFC

tetradic

#FCD86C #6CFC90 #6C90FC #FC6CD8

square

#FCD86C #6CFC90 #6C90FC #FC6CD8

split-complementary

#FCD86C #6CD8FC #906CFC

monochromatic

#E9B005 #FBC830 #FCD86C #FDE8A8 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FCD86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#FCD86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD86C

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD86C	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 216, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.133 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe399',
    500: '#fcd86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd86c;
$custom-light: #ffe399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 96,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89179,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD86C

secondary

#355DD7

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD86C

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

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