#FCF596#FCF596

#FCF596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.882; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.117 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF596
RGB	rgb(252, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.25, -10.79, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.25, 47.74, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(95.53% -0.0297 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(95.53% 0.117 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(78.3037, 88.2042, 41.7485)
Luminance	0.8820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF596 #969DFC

analogous

#FCC296 #FCF596 #D0FC96

triadic

#FCF596 #96FCF5 #F596FC

tetradic

#FCF596 #96FCC2 #969DFC #FC96D0

square

#FCF596 #96FCC2 #969DFC #FC96D0

split-complementary

#FCF596 #96D0FC #C296FC

monochromatic

#F9EA1F #FAEF5B #FCF596 #FEFBD2 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FCF596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.64

#FCF596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF596

18.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF596	1.00	1.13	18.64	18.64
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.117 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8b6',
    500: '#fcf596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf596;
$custom-light: #fff8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95526,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF596

secondary

#5962DD

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF596

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

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