#FCF456#FCF456

#FCF456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.861; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.173 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF456
RGB	rgb(252, 244, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 97%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.34, -15.27, 73.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.34, 75.33, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.6% -0.0489 0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(94.6% 0.173 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.1780, 86.0712, 21.5083)
Luminance	0.8607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF456 #565EFC

analogous

#FCA156 #FCF456 #B1FC56

triadic

#FCF456 #56FCF4 #F456FC

tetradic

#FCF456 #56FCA1 #565EFC #FC56B1

square

#FCF456 #56FCA1 #565EFC #FC56B1

split-complementary

#FCF456 #56B1FC #A156FC

monochromatic

#D4CA04 #FBF01A #FCF456 #FDF892 #FEFCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FCF456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.21

#FCF456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF456

18.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF456	1.00	1.15	18.21	18.21
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 244, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.173 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff78e',
    500: '#fcf456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf456;
$custom-light: #fff78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 96.512,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94598,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.86069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF456

secondary

#2830CE

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF456

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

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