#FCF173#FCF173

#FCF173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.147 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF173
RGB	rgb(252, 241, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.82, -11.93, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.82, 62.32, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(94.26% -0.0363 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(94.26% 0.147 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.6970, 84.8463, 28.6586)
Luminance	0.8484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF173 #737EFC

analogous

#FCAC73 #FCF173 #C3FC73

triadic

#FCF173 #73FCF1 #F173FC

tetradic

#FCF173 #73FCAC #737EFC #FC73C3

square

#FCF173 #73FCAC #737EFC #FC73C3

split-complementary

#FCF173 #73C3FC #AC73FC

monochromatic

#EFDD05 #FBEB37 #FCF173 #FDF7AF #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FCF173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.97

#FCF173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF173

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF173	1.00	1.17	17.97	17.97
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 241, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.147 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59f',
    500: '#fcf173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf173;
$custom-light: #fff59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 95.804,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94257,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF173

secondary

#3B48D8

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF173

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

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