#FCD962#FCD962

#FCD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.142 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD962
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 61.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -1.13, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 61.68, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0072 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.142 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.1654, 71.2065, 21.7593)
Luminance	0.7120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD962 #6285FC

analogous

#FC8C62 #FCD962 #D2FC62

triadic

#FCD962 #62FCD9 #D962FC

tetradic

#FCD962 #62FC8C #6285FC #FC62D2

square

#FCD962 #62FC8C #6285FC #FC62D2

split-complementary

#FCD962 #62D2FC #8C62FC

monochromatic

#DFAE04 #FBCA26 #FCD962 #FDE89E #FEF6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FCD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#FCD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD962

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD962	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.142 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe493',
    500: '#fcd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd962;
$custom-light: #ffe493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 96.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89267,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD962

secondary

#2C53D6

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD962

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

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