#FCF159#FCF159

#FCF159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.168 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF159
RGB	rgb(252, 241, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 96%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.59, -13.64, 71.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.59, 73.13, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(94.01% -0.044 0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(94.01% 0.168 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.4061, 84.3300, 21.8599)
Luminance	0.8433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF159 #5964FC

analogous

#FCA059 #FCF159 #B6FC59

triadic

#FCF159 #59FCF1 #F159FC

tetradic

#FCF159 #59FCA0 #5964FC #FC59B6

square

#FCF159 #59FCA0 #5964FC #FC59B6

split-complementary

#FCF159 #59B6FC #A059FC

monochromatic

#D7C804 #FBEC1D #FCF159 #FDF695 #FEFBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FCF159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.87

#FCF159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF159

17.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF159	1.00	1.18	17.87	17.87
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 241, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.168 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff58f',
    500: '#fcf159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf159;
$custom-light: #fff58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.951,
    "s": 96.45,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94008,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF159

secondary

#2834D1

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF159

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

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