#FCF169#FCF169

#FCF169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.156 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF169
RGB	rgb(252, 241, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 96%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.72, -12.65, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.72, 66.64, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(94.15% -0.0394 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(94.15% 0.156 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.1525, 84.6285, 25.7908)
Luminance	0.8463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF169 #6974FC

analogous

#FCA769 #FCF169 #BEFC69

triadic

#FCF169 #69FCF1 #F169FC

tetradic

#FCF169 #69FCA7 #6974FC #FC69BE

square

#FCF169 #69FCA7 #6974FC #FC69BE

split-complementary

#FCF169 #69BEFC #A769FC

monochromatic

#E6D505 #FBEB2D #FCF169 #FDF7A5 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FCF169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.93

#FCF169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF169

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF169	1.00	1.17	17.93	17.93
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 241, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.156 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff599',
    500: '#fcf169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf169;
$custom-light: #fff599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 96.078,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94152,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.84626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF169

secondary

#323FD7

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF169

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

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