#FCF165#FCF165

#FCF165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.159 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF165
RGB	rgb(252, 241, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.69, -12.92, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.69, 68.32, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(94.11% -0.0406 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(94.11% 0.159 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.9517, 84.5482, 24.7334)
Luminance	0.8455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF165 #6570FC

analogous

#FCA665 #FCF165 #BCFC65

triadic

#FCF165 #65FCF1 #F165FC

tetradic

#FCF165 #65FCA6 #6570FC #FC65BC

square

#FCF165 #65FCA6 #6570FC #FC65BC

split-complementary

#FCF165 #65BCFC #A665FC

monochromatic

#E2D204 #FBEC29 #FCF165 #FDF6A1 #FEFCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FCF165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.91

#FCF165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF165

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF165	1.00	1.17	17.91	17.91
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 241, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.159 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff596',
    500: '#fcf165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf165;
$custom-light: #fff596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.629,
    "s": 96.178,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94114,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF165

secondary

#2F3BD6

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF165

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

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