#FCF199#FCF199

#FCF199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.109 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF199
RGB	rgb(252, 241, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.27, -8.50, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.27, 44.62, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(94.77% -0.0229 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(94.77% 0.109 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.3513, 85.9080, 42.6381)
Luminance	0.8591 (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

#FCF199 #99A4FC

analogous

#FCC099 #FCF199 #D6FC99

triadic

#FCF199 #99FCF1 #F199FC

tetradic

#FCF199 #99FCC0 #99A4FC #FC99D6

square

#FCF199 #99FCC0 #99A4FC #FC99D6

split-complementary

#FCF199 #99D6FC #C099FC

monochromatic

#F9E122 #FAE95E #FCF199 #FEF9D4 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.18

#FCF199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF199

18.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF199	1.00	1.16	18.18	18.18
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 241, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.109 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff5b8',
    500: '#fcf199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf199;
$custom-light: #fff5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94767,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF199

secondary

#5C6ADE

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF199

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

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