#FCF09D#FCF09D

#FCF09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.104 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF09D
RGB	rgb(252, 240, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.08, -7.57, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.08, 42.26, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(94.63% -0.0199 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(94.63% 0.104 101)
XYZ	xyz(77.3921, 85.4520, 44.3088)
Luminance	0.8545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF09D #9DA9FC

analogous

#FCC09D #FCF09D #D8FC9D

triadic

#FCF09D #9DFCF0 #F09DFC

tetradic

#FCF09D #9DFCC0 #9DA9FC #FC9DD8

square

#FCF09D #9DFCC0 #9DA9FC #FC9DD8

split-complementary

#FCF09D #9DD8FC #C09DFC

monochromatic

#F8DE26 #FAE762 #FCF09D #FEF9D8 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.09

#FCF09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF09D

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF09D	1.00	1.16	18.09	18.09
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 240, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.104 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4bb',
    500: '#fcf09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf09d;
$custom-light: #fef4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.421,
    "s": 94.059,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94631,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.8545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF09D

secondary

#5F6FDE

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF09D

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

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