#FCD96C#FCD96C

#FCD96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.134 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD96C
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 57.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -0.45, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 57.28, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.004 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.134 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.6674, 71.4073, 24.4032)
Luminance	0.7140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD96C #6C8FFC

analogous

#FC916C #FCD96C #D7FC6C

triadic

#FCD96C #6CFCD9 #D96CFC

tetradic

#FCD96C #6CFC91 #6C8FFC #FC6CD7

square

#FCD96C #6CFC91 #6C8FFC #FC6CD7

split-complementary

#FCD96C #6CD7FC #916CFC

monochromatic

#E9B105 #FBC930 #FCD96C #FDE9A8 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#FCD96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD96C

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD96C	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.134 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe499',
    500: '#fcd96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd96c;
$custom-light: #ffe499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 96,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89376,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD96C

secondary

#355CD7

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD96C

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

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