#FCF277#FCF277

#FCF277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.145 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF277
RGB	rgb(252, 242, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 52.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.11, -12.12, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.11, 60.93, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(94.51% -0.0364 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(94.51% 0.145 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.2290, 85.5340, 29.9961)
Luminance	0.8553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF277 #7781FC

analogous

#FCB077 #FCF277 #C3FC77

triadic

#FCF277 #77FCF2 #F277FC

tetradic

#FCF277 #77FCB0 #7781FC #FC77C3

square

#FCF277 #77FCB0 #7781FC #FC77C3

split-complementary

#FCF277 #77C3FC #B077FC

monochromatic

#F3E105 #FBEC3B #FCF277 #FDF8B3 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.11

#FCF277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF277

18.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF277	1.00	1.16	18.11	18.11
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 242, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.145 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a1',
    500: '#fcf277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf277;
$custom-light: #fff6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 95.683,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94506,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF277

secondary

#3E4AD9

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF277

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

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