#FCF172#FCF172

#FCF172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.148 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF172
RGB	rgb(252, 241, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.81, -12.01, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.81, 62.76, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(94.25% -0.0366 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(94.25% 0.148 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.6398, 84.8234, 28.3572)
Luminance	0.8482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF172 #727DFC

analogous

#FCAC72 #FCF172 #C2FC72

triadic

#FCF172 #72FCF1 #F172FC

tetradic

#FCF172 #72FCAC #727DFC #FC72C2

square

#FCF172 #72FCAC #727DFC #FC72C2

split-complementary

#FCF172 #72C2FC #AC72FC

monochromatic

#EFDC05 #FBEB36 #FCF172 #FDF7AE #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FCF172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.96

#FCF172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF172

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF172	1.00	1.17	17.96	17.96
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 241, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.148 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59e',
    500: '#fcf172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf172;
$custom-light: #fff59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94246,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF172

secondary

#3A47D8

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF172

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

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