#FCF59E#FCF59E

#FCF59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.885; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.108 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF59E
RGB	rgb(252, 245, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 37.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.36, -9.94, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.36, 43.88, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(95.65% -0.0267 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(95.65% 0.108 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.9700, 88.4708, 45.2577)
Luminance	0.8847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF59E #9EA5FC

analogous

#FCC69E #FCF59E #D4FC9E

triadic

#FCF59E #9EFCF5 #F59EFC

tetradic

#FCF59E #9EFCC6 #9EA5FC #FC9ED4

square

#FCF59E #9EFCC6 #9EA5FC #FC9ED4

split-complementary

#FCF59E #9ED4FC #C69EFC

monochromatic

#F8E927 #FAEF63 #FCF59E #FEFBD9 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FCF59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.69

#FCF59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF59E

18.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF59E	1.00	1.12	18.69	18.69
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 245, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.108 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8bb',
    500: '#fcf59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf59e;
$custom-light: #fef8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.532,
    "s": 94,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95651,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF59E

secondary

#6069DE

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF59E

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

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