#FCD969#FCD969

#FCD969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.136 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD969
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 58.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -0.66, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 58.62, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.005 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.136 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.5105, 71.3445, 23.5768)
Luminance	0.7134 (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

#FCD969 #698CFC

analogous

#FC8F69 #FCD969 #D6FC69

triadic

#FCD969 #69FCD9 #D969FC

tetradic

#FCD969 #69FC8F #698CFC #FC69D6

square

#FCD969 #69FC8F #698CFC #FC69D6

split-complementary

#FCD969 #69D6FC #8F69FC

monochromatic

#E6B005 #FBCA2D #FCD969 #FDE8A5 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FCD969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#FCD969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD969

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD969	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD65E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.136 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe497',
    500: '#fcd969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd969;
$custom-light: #ffe497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 96.078,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89342,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD969

secondary

#3259D7

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD969

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

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