#FCF278#FCF278

#FCF278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.856; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.144 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF278
RGB	rgb(252, 242, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.12, -12.04, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.12, 60.48, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(94.52% -0.0361 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(94.52% 0.144 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.2894, 85.5582, 30.3141)
Luminance	0.8556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF278 #7882FC

analogous

#FCB078 #FCF278 #C4FC78

triadic

#FCF278 #78FCF2 #F278FC

tetradic

#FCF278 #78FCB0 #7882FC #FC78C4

square

#FCF278 #78FCB0 #7882FC #FC78C4

split-complementary

#FCF278 #78C4FC #B078FC

monochromatic

#F4E205 #FBEC3C #FCF278 #FDF8B4 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.11

#FCF278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF278

18.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF278	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)

#FFEB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 242, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.144 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a2',
    500: '#fcf278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf278;
$custom-light: #fff6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94517,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF278

secondary

#3F4BD9

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF278

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

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