#FCF79E#FCF79E

#FCF79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.897; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.110 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF79E
RGB	rgb(252, 247, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 37.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.87, -10.93, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.87, 44.75, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(96.06% -0.0295 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(96.06% 0.11 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(79.5783, 89.6874, 45.4605)
Luminance	0.8969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF79E #9EA3FC

analogous

#FCC89E #FCF79E #D2FC9E

triadic

#FCF79E #9EFCF7 #F79EFC

tetradic

#FCF79E #9EFCC8 #9EA3FC #FC9ED2

square

#FCF79E #9EFCC8 #9EA3FC #FC9ED2

split-complementary

#FCF79E #9ED2FC #C89EFC

monochromatic

#F8ED27 #FAF263 #FCF79E #FEFCD9 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FCF79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.94

#FCF79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF79E

18.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF79E	1.00	1.11	18.94	18.94
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 247, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.110 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef9bb',
    500: '#fcf79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf79e;
$custom-light: #fef9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 94,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96055,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.89686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF79E

secondary

#6067DE

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF79E

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

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