#FCD970#FCD970

#FCD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.130 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCD970
RGB	rgb(252, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 55.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.72, -0.15, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.72, 55.48, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0027 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.13 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.8852, 71.4944, 25.5502)
Luminance	0.7149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCD970 #7093FC

analogous

#FC9370 #FCD970 #D9FC70

triadic

#FCD970 #70FCD9 #D970FC

tetradic

#FCD970 #70FC93 #7093FC #FC70D9

square

#FCD970 #70FC93 #7093FC #FC70D9

split-complementary

#FCD970 #70D9FC #9370FC

monochromatic

#EDB305 #FBC934 #FCD970 #FDE9AC #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FCD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#FCD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCD970

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCD970	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcd970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.130 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe49c',
    500: '#fcd970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcd970;
$custom-light: #ffe49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcd970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 95.89,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89422,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCD970

secondary

#3860D8

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCD970

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

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