#FCF696#FCF696

#FCF696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.888; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.118 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF696
RGB	rgb(252, 246, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.50, -11.28, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.50, 48.17, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(95.73% -0.0311 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(95.73% 0.118 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.6071, 88.8109, 41.8496)
Luminance	0.8881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF696 #969CFC

analogous

#FCC396 #FCF696 #CFFC96

triadic

#FCF696 #96FCF6 #F696FC

tetradic

#FCF696 #96FCC3 #969CFC #FC96CF

square

#FCF696 #96FCC3 #969CFC #FC96CF

split-complementary

#FCF696 #96CFFC #C396FC

monochromatic

#F9EC1F #FAF15B #FCF696 #FEFBD2 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FCF696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.76

#FCF696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF696

18.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF696	1.00	1.12	18.76	18.76
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 246, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.118 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b6',
    500: '#fcf696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf696;
$custom-light: #fff9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95728,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF696

secondary

#5961DD

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF696

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

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