#FCF196#FCF196

#FCF196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.113 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF196
RGB	rgb(252, 241, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.23, -8.81, 45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.23, 46.07, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(94.72% -0.024 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(94.72% 0.113 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.1067, 85.8102, 41.3495)
Luminance	0.8581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF196 #96A1FC

analogous

#FCBE96 #FCF196 #D4FC96

triadic

#FCF196 #96FCF1 #F196FC

tetradic

#FCF196 #96FCBE #96A1FC #FC96D4

square

#FCF196 #96FCBE #96A1FC #FC96D4

split-complementary

#FCF196 #96D4FC #BE96FC

monochromatic

#F9E11F #FAE95B #FCF196 #FEF9D2 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FCF196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF196

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF196	1.00	1.16	18.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 241, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.113 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff5b6',
    500: '#fcf196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf196;
$custom-light: #fff5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94721,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.85808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF196

secondary

#5967DD

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF196

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

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