#FCF8EC#FCF8EC

#FCF8EC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.939; OKLCH L 97.9% C 0.016 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF8EC
RGB	rgb(252, 248, 236)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(45, 6%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 6.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.59, -0.71, 6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.59, 6.27, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(97.9% -0.0004 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(97.9% 0.016 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(88.8506, 93.8869, 92.7818)
Luminance	0.9389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF8EC #ECF0FC

analogous

#FCF0EC #FCF8EC #F8FCEC

triadic

#FCF8EC #ECFCF8 #F8ECFC

tetradic

#FCF8EC #ECFCF0 #ECF0FC #FCECF8

square

#FCF8EC #ECFCF0 #ECF0FC #FCECF8

split-complementary

#FCF8EC #ECF8FC #F0ECFC

monochromatic

#EBD182 #F4E5B7 #FBF5E5 #FBF5E5 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FCF8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.78

#FCF8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF8EC

19.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF8EC	1.00	1.06	19.78	19.78
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBF7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCF9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF6F4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 248, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.9% 0.016 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfaf2',
    500: '#fcf8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf8ec;
$custom-light: #fdfaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 95.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97896,
    "c": 0.01638,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.93886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF8EC

secondary

#A9B8E3

accent

#42D511

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171716

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF8EC

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

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