#FCF281#FCF281

#FCF281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.135 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF281
RGB	rgb(252, 242, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.22, -11.29, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.22, 56.39, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(94.63% -0.033 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(94.63% 0.135 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.8615, 85.7870, 33.3270)
Luminance	0.8579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF281 #818BFC

analogous

#FCB581 #FCF281 #C9FC81

triadic

#FCF281 #81FCF2 #F281FC

tetradic

#FCF281 #81FCB5 #818BFC #FC81C9

square

#FCF281 #81FCB5 #818BFC #FC81C9

split-complementary

#FCF281 #81C9FC #B581FC

monochromatic

#F9E609 #FBEC45 #FCF281 #FDF8BD #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FCF281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FCF281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF281

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF281	1.00	1.16	18.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 242, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.135 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a8',
    500: '#fcf281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf281;
$custom-light: #fff6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94627,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF281

secondary

#4753DA

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF281

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

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