#FCD96F#FCD96F

#FCD96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.131 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD96F
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 111)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 56%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.71, -0.22, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.71, 55.93, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0031 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.131 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.8298, 71.4722, 25.2586)
Luminance	0.7147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD96F #6F92FC

analogous

#FC926F #FCD96F #D9FC6F

triadic

#FCD96F #6FFCD9 #D96FFC

tetradic

#FCD96F #6FFC92 #6F92FC #FC6FD9

square

#FCD96F #6FFC92 #6F92FC #FC6FD9

split-complementary

#FCD96F #6FD9FC #926FFC

monochromatic

#ECB205 #FBC933 #FCD96F #FDE9AB #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#FCD96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD96F

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD96F	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.131 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe49b',
    500: '#fcd96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd96f;
$custom-light: #ffe49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 95.918,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8941,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD96F

secondary

#375FD8

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD96F

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

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