#FCF8BD#FCF8BD

#FCF8BD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.915; OKLCH L 96.8% C 0.075 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF8BD
RGB	rgb(252, 248, 189)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(56, 25%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 25%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.62, -7.70, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.62, 29.92, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(96.81% -0.0189 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(96.81% 0.075 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(82.8977, 91.5057, 61.4296)
Luminance	0.9150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF8BD #BDC1FC

analogous

#FCD9BD #FCF8BD #E1FCBD

triadic

#FCF8BD #BDFCF8 #F8BDFC

tetradic

#FCF8BD #BDFCD9 #BDC1FC #FCBDE1

square

#FCF8BD #BDFCD9 #BDC1FC #FCBDE1

split-complementary

#FCF8BD #BDE1FC #D9BDFC

monochromatic

#F7EC48 #F9F282 #FCF8BD #FEFCE2 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FCF8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.30

#FCF8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF8BD

19.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF8BD	1.00	1.09	19.30	19.30
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF0E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 248, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.8% 0.075 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefad1',
    500: '#fcf8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf8bd;
$custom-light: #fefad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96812,
    "c": 0.07545,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.91504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF8BD

secondary

#7B82E2

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF8BD

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

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