#FCF494#FCF494

#FCF494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.875; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.118 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF494
RGB	rgb(252, 244, 148)
HSL	hsl(55, 95%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 41.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.97, -10.50, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.97, 48.28, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(95.29% -0.029 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(95.29% 0.118 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.8423, 87.5370, 40.8070)
Luminance	0.8753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF494 #949CFC

analogous

#FCC094 #FCF494 #D0FC94

triadic

#FCF494 #94FCF4 #F494FC

tetradic

#FCF494 #94FCC0 #949CFC #FC94D0

square

#FCF494 #94FCC0 #949CFC #FC94D0

split-complementary

#FCF494 #94D0FC #C094FC

monochromatic

#F9E81D #FAEE58 #FCF494 #FEFAD0 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FCF494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.51

#FCF494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF494

18.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF494	1.00	1.13	18.51	18.51
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 244, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.118 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7b5',
    500: '#fcf494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf494;
$custom-light: #fff7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 94.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95294,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.87535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF494

secondary

#5762DD

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF494

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

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