#FCDB59#FCDB59

#FCDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.150 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDB59
RGB	rgb(252, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -2.70, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 66.04, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0127 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.15 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.2827, 72.0832, 19.8187)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDB59 #597AFC

analogous

#FC8A59 #FCDB59 #CBFC59

triadic

#FCDB59 #59FCDB #DB59FC

tetradic

#FCDB59 #59FC8A #597AFC #FC59CB

square

#FCDB59 #59FC8A #597AFC #FC59CB

split-complementary

#FCDB59 #59CBFC #8A59FC

monochromatic

#D7AC04 #FBCE1D #FCDB59 #FDE895 #FEF5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FCDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#FCDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDB59

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDB59	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.150 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe58d',
    500: '#fcdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcdb59;
$custom-light: #ffe58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.853,
    "s": 96.45,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89577,
    "c": 0.15015,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDB59

secondary

#284BD1

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDB59

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

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