#FCF490#FCF490

#FCF490 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.874; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.122 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF490
RGB	rgb(252, 244, 144)
HSL	hsl(56, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.91, -10.89, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.91, 50.19, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(95.24% -0.0305 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(95.24% 0.122 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(77.5312, 87.4125, 39.1683)
Luminance	0.8741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF490 #9098FC

analogous

#FCBE90 #FCF490 #CEFC90

triadic

#FCF490 #90FCF4 #F490FC

tetradic

#FCF490 #90FCBE #9098FC #FC90CE

square

#FCF490 #90FCBE #9098FC #FC90CE

split-complementary

#FCF490 #90CEFC #BE90FC

monochromatic

#F9E819 #FAEE54 #FCF490 #FEFACC #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FCF490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.48

#FCF490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF490

18.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF490	1.00	1.14	18.48	18.48
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 244, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.122 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7b2',
    500: '#fcf490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf490;
$custom-light: #fff7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 94.737,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95235,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF490

secondary

#545EDC

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF490

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

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