#FCF697#FCF697

#FCF697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.888; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.117 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF697
RGB	rgb(252, 246, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.51, -11.18, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.51, 47.69, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(95.74% -0.0307 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(95.74% 0.117 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.6879, 88.8433, 42.2755)
Luminance	0.8884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF697 #979DFC

analogous

#FCC497 #FCF697 #D0FC97

triadic

#FCF697 #97FCF6 #F697FC

tetradic

#FCF697 #97FCC4 #979DFC #FC97D0

square

#FCF697 #97FCC4 #979DFC #FC97D0

split-complementary

#FCF697 #97D0FC #C497FC

monochromatic

#F9EC20 #FAF15C #FCF697 #FEFBD2 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FCF697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.77

#FCF697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF697

18.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF697	1.00	1.12	18.77	18.77
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 246, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.117 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b7',
    500: '#fcf697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf697;
$custom-light: #fff9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95743,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF697

secondary

#5A62DD

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF697

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

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