#FCF5BD#FCF5BD

#FCF5BD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.897; OKLCH L 96.2% C 0.072 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF5BD
RGB	rgb(252, 245, 189)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(53, 25%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 25%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.86, -6.21, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.86, 28.56, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(96.21% -0.0146 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(96.21% 0.072 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(81.9827, 89.6758, 61.1247)
Luminance	0.8967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF5BD #BDC4FC

analogous

#FCD6BD #FCF5BD #E4FCBD

triadic

#FCF5BD #BDFCF5 #F5BDFC

tetradic

#FCF5BD #BDFCD6 #BDC4FC #FCBDE4

square

#FCF5BD #BDFCD6 #BDC4FC #FCBDE4

split-complementary

#FCF5BD #BDE4FC #D6BDFC

monochromatic

#F7E348 #F9EC82 #FCF5BD #FEFBE2 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FCF5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.93

#FCF5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF5BD

18.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF5BD	1.00	1.11	18.93	18.93
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 245, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.2% 0.072 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8d1',
    500: '#fcf5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf5bd;
$custom-light: #fef8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96215,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF5BD

secondary

#7B87E2

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF5BD

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

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