#FCF556#FCF556

#FCF556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.867; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.174 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF556
RGB	rgb(252, 245, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 97%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 65.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.60, -15.76, 74.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.60, 75.69, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(94.8% -0.0502 0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(94.8% 0.174 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.4797, 86.6746, 21.6089)
Luminance	0.8667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF556 #565DFC

analogous

#FCA256 #FCF556 #B0FC56

triadic

#FCF556 #56FCF5 #F556FC

tetradic

#FCF556 #56FCA2 #565DFC #FC56B0

square

#FCF556 #56FCA2 #565DFC #FC56B0

split-complementary

#FCF556 #56B0FC #A256FC

monochromatic

#D4CB04 #FBF11A #FCF556 #FDF992 #FEFCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FCF556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.33

#FCF556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF556

18.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF556	1.00	1.15	18.33	18.33
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 245, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.174 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff88e',
    500: '#fcf556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf556;
$custom-light: #fff88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.47,
    "s": 96.512,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94803,
    "c": 0.1736,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.86672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF556

secondary

#282FCE

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF556

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →