#FCF265#FCF265

#FCF265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.160 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF265
RGB	rgb(252, 242, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 59.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.94, -13.41, 67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.94, 68.69, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(94.32% -0.042 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(94.32% 0.16 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.2485, 85.1418, 24.8323)
Luminance	0.8514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF265 #656FFC

analogous

#FCA665 #FCF265 #BBFC65

triadic

#FCF265 #65FCF2 #F265FC

tetradic

#FCF265 #65FCA6 #656FFC #FC65BB

square

#FCF265 #65FCA6 #656FFC #FC65BB

split-complementary

#FCF265 #65BBFC #A665FC

monochromatic

#E2D404 #FBED29 #FCF265 #FDF7A1 #FEFCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.03

#FCF265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF265

18.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF265	1.00	1.16	18.03	18.03
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 242, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.160 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff696',
    500: '#fcf265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf265;
$custom-light: #fff696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 96.178,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94317,
    "c": 0.15985,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF265

secondary

#2F3AD6

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF265

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

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