#FCF279#FCF279

#FCF279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.856; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.143 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF279
RGB	rgb(252, 242, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.13, -11.96, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.13, 60.03, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(94.53% -0.0358 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(94.53% 0.143 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.3504, 85.5826, 30.6354)
Luminance	0.8558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF279 #7983FC

analogous

#FCB079 #FCF279 #C4FC79

triadic

#FCF279 #79FCF2 #F279FC

tetradic

#FCF279 #79FCB0 #7983FC #FC79C4

square

#FCF279 #79FCB0 #7983FC #FC79C4

split-complementary

#FCF279 #79C4FC #B079FC

monochromatic

#F5E305 #FBEC3D #FCF279 #FDF8B5 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.12

#FCF279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF279

18.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF279	1.00	1.16	18.12	18.12
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 242, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.143 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a3',
    500: '#fcf279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf279;
$custom-light: #fff6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94529,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF279

secondary

#404CD9

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF279

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

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