#FCF059#FCF059

#FCF059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.167 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF059
RGB	rgb(252, 240, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 96%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.34, -13.16, 71.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.34, 72.78, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(93.8% -0.0426 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(93.8% 0.167 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.1109, 83.7396, 21.7615)
Luminance	0.8374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF059 #5965FC

analogous

#FC9F59 #FCF059 #B7FC59

triadic

#FCF059 #59FCF0 #F059FC

tetradic

#FCF059 #59FC9F #5965FC #FC59B7

square

#FCF059 #59FC9F #5965FC #FC59B7

split-complementary

#FCF059 #59B7FC #9F59FC

monochromatic

#D7C704 #FBEB1D #FCF059 #FDF595 #FEFBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FCF059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#FCF059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF059

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF059	1.00	1.18	17.75	17.75
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 240, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.167 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff48f',
    500: '#fcf059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf059;
$custom-light: #fff48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.583,
    "s": 96.45,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93804,
    "c": 0.16697,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF059

secondary

#2835D1

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF059

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

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