#FCF8DC#FCF8DC

#FCF8DC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.930; OKLCH L 97.5% C 0.037 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF8DC
RGB	rgb(252, 248, 220)
HSL	hsl(53, 84%, 93%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 12.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.23, -3.27, 13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.23, 14.31, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(97.49% -0.0066 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(97.49% 0.037 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(86.6293, 92.9984, 81.0831)
Luminance	0.9300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF8DC #DCE0FC

analogous

#FCE8DC #FCF8DC #F0FCDC

triadic

#FCF8DC #DCFCF8 #F8DCFC

tetradic

#FCF8DC #DCFCE8 #DCE0FC #FCDCF0

square

#FCF8DC #DCFCE8 #DCE0FC #FCDCF0

split-complementary

#FCF8DC #DCF0FC #E8DCFC

monochromatic

#F2E16B #F7EDA4 #FCF8DC #FDF9E3 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FCF8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.60

#FCF8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF8DC

19.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF8DC	1.00	1.07	19.60	19.60
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEF6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 248, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.5% 0.037 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfae6',
    500: '#fcf8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf8dc;
$custom-light: #fdfae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 84.211,
    "l": 92.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97494,
    "c": 0.03678,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.92998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF8DC

secondary

#98A1E4

accent

#20E105

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF8DC

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

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