#FCF579#FCF579

#FCF579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.874; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.146 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF579
RGB	rgb(252, 245, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.90, -13.43, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.90, 61.22, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(95.14% -0.04 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(95.14% 0.146 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.2506, 87.3830, 30.9354)
Luminance	0.8738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF579 #7980FC

analogous

#FCB379 #FCF579 #C1FC79

triadic

#FCF579 #79FCF5 #F579FC

tetradic

#FCF579 #79FCB3 #7980FC #FC79C1

square

#FCF579 #79FCB3 #7980FC #FC79C1

split-complementary

#FCF579 #79C1FC #B379FC

monochromatic

#F5E805 #FBF13D #FCF579 #FDF9B5 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FCF579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.48

#FCF579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF579

18.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF579	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)

#FFED6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 245, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.146 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8a3',
    500: '#fcf579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf579;
$custom-light: #fff8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95139,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.87381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF579

secondary

#4048D9

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF579

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

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