#FCF495#FCF495

#FCF495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.876; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.117 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF495
RGB	rgb(252, 244, 149)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 40.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.98, -10.40, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.98, 47.80, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(95.31% -0.0287 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(95.31% 0.117 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.9218, 87.5688, 41.2257)
Luminance	0.8757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF495 #959DFC

analogous

#FCC095 #FCF495 #D0FC95

triadic

#FCF495 #95FCF4 #F495FC

tetradic

#FCF495 #95FCC0 #959DFC #FC95D0

square

#FCF495 #95FCC0 #959DFC #FC95D0

split-complementary

#FCF495 #95D0FC #C095FC

monochromatic

#F9E81E #FAEE59 #FCF495 #FEFAD1 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FCF495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.51

#FCF495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF495

18.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF495	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)

#FFEE8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 244, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.117 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7b5',
    500: '#fcf495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf495;
$custom-light: #fff7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 94.495,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95309,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.87567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF495

secondary

#5863DD

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF495

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

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