#FCF799#FCF799

#FCF799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.895; OKLCH L 96.0% C 0.116 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF799
RGB	rgb(252, 247, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.80, -11.46, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.80, 47.16, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(95.98% -0.0314 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(95.98% 0.116 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(79.1567, 89.5187, 43.2399)
Luminance	0.8952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF799 #999EFC

analogous

#FCC699 #FCF799 #D0FC99

triadic

#FCF799 #99FCF7 #F799FC

tetradic

#FCF799 #99FCC6 #999EFC #FC99D0

square

#FCF799 #99FCC6 #999EFC #FC99D0

split-complementary

#FCF799 #99D0FC #C699FC

monochromatic

#F9EE22 #FAF25E #FCF799 #FEFCD4 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FCF799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.90

#FCF799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF799

18.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF799	1.00	1.11	18.90	18.90
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 247, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.0% 0.116 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b8',
    500: '#fcf799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf799;
$custom-light: #fff9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95976,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF799

secondary

#5C62DE

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF799

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

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