#FCD95F#FCD95F
#FCD95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.144 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FCD95F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(252, 217, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 96%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 62%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.3%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.56, -1.32, 62.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.56, 62.96, 91.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.24% -0.0081 0.144) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.24% 0.144 93.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.0264, 71.1509, 21.0273) |
| Luminance | 0.7115 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 1.09
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.09
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 1.68
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.07
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 2.62
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 2.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FCD95F #5F82FC
analogous
#FC8A5F #FCD95F #D1FC5F
triadic
#FCD95F #5FFCD9 #D95FFC
tetradic
#FCD95F #5FFC8A #5F82FC #FC5FD1
square
#FCD95F #5FFC8A #5F82FC #FC5FD1
split-complementary
#FCD95F #5FD1FC #8A5FFC
monochromatic
#DCAC04 #FBCB23 #FCD95F #FDE79B #FEF6D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.38
#FCD95F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.23
#FCD95F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FCD95F
15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FCD95F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FCD95F | 1.00 | 1.38 | 15.23 | 15.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.38 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EED551
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7E065
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC9BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fcd95f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.144 93.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffe491',
500: '#fcd95f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fcd95f; $custom-light: #ffe491; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fcd95f",
"rgb": {
"r": 252,
"g": 217,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.624,
"s": 96.319,
"l": 68.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89237,
"c": 0.14426,
"h": 93.2
},
"luminance": 0.71147
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FCD95F
secondary
#2A50D5
accent
#33E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#19150D
muted
#87847F