#FCF259#FCF259

#FCF259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.169 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF259
RGB	rgb(252, 242, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 96%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.85, -14.13, 72.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.85, 73.48, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(94.21% -0.0453 0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(94.21% 0.169 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.7029, 84.9236, 21.9588)
Luminance	0.8492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF259 #5963FC

analogous

#FCA159 #FCF259 #B5FC59

triadic

#FCF259 #59FCF2 #F259FC

tetradic

#FCF259 #59FCA1 #5963FC #FC59B5

square

#FCF259 #59FCA1 #5963FC #FC59B5

split-complementary

#FCF259 #59B5FC #A159FC

monochromatic

#D7CA04 #FBED1D #FCF259 #FDF795 #FEFBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FCF259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#FCF259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF259

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF259	1.00	1.17	17.98	17.98
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 242, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.169 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff68f',
    500: '#fcf259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf259;
$custom-light: #fff68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.319,
    "s": 96.45,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94212,
    "c": 0.16878,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF259

secondary

#2833D1

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF259

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

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