#FCF09C#FCF09C

#FCF09C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF09C
RGB	rgb(252, 240, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.06, -7.68, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.06, 42.75, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(94.62% -0.0203 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(94.62% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.3071, 85.4180, 43.8611)
Luminance	0.8542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF09C #9CA8FC

analogous

#FCC09C #FCF09C #D8FC9C

triadic

#FCF09C #9CFCF0 #F09CFC

tetradic

#FCF09C #9CFCC0 #9CA8FC #FC9CD8

square

#FCF09C #9CFCC0 #9CA8FC #FC9CD8

split-complementary

#FCF09C #9CD8FC #C09CFC

monochromatic

#F8DE25 #FAE761 #FCF09C #FEF9D7 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.08

#FCF09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF09C

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF09C	1.00	1.16	18.08	18.08
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 240, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4ba',
    500: '#fcf09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf09c;
$custom-light: #fef4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94615,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF09C

secondary

#5E6EDE

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF09C

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

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