#FCF459#FCF459

#FCF459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.861; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.171 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF459
RGB	rgb(252, 244, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 96%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 64.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.36, -15.11, 72.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.36, 74.20, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(94.62% -0.0481 0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(94.62% 0.171 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.3014, 86.1206, 22.1583)
Luminance	0.8612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF459 #5961FC

analogous

#FCA359 #FCF459 #B3FC59

triadic

#FCF459 #59FCF4 #F459FC

tetradic

#FCF459 #59FCA3 #5961FC #FC59B3

square

#FCF459 #59FCA3 #5961FC #FC59B3

split-complementary

#FCF459 #59B3FC #A359FC

monochromatic

#D7CC04 #FBF01D #FCF459 #FDF895 #FEFCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FCF459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.22

#FCF459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF459

18.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF459	1.00	1.15	18.22	18.22
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 244, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.171 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff78f',
    500: '#fcf459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf459;
$custom-light: #fff78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.055,
    "s": 96.45,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94621,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.86118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF459

secondary

#2831D1

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF459

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

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