#FCF299#FCF299

#FCF299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.110 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF299
RGB	rgb(252, 242, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.53, -8.99, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.53, 45.04, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(94.97% -0.0243 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(94.97% 0.11 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(77.6482, 86.5017, 42.7370)
Luminance	0.8650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF299 #99A3FC

analogous

#FCC199 #FCF299 #D5FC99

triadic

#FCF299 #99FCF2 #F299FC

tetradic

#FCF299 #99FCC1 #99A3FC #FC99D5

square

#FCF299 #99FCC1 #99A3FC #FC99D5

split-complementary

#FCF299 #99D5FC #C199FC

monochromatic

#F9E322 #FAEA5E #FCF299 #FEFAD4 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FCF299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.30

#FCF299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF299

18.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF299	1.00	1.15	18.30	18.30
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 242, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.110 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6b8',
    500: '#fcf299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf299;
$custom-light: #fff6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94968,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF299

secondary

#5C69DE

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF299

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

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