#FCF978#FCF978

#FCF978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.898; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.151 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF978
RGB	rgb(252, 249, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 52.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.92, -15.46, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.92, 63.27, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(95.94% -0.0459 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(95.94% 0.151 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(77.4128, 89.8050, 31.0219)
Luminance	0.8980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF978 #787BFC

analogous

#FCB778 #FCF978 #BDFC78

triadic

#FCF978 #78FCF9 #F978FC

tetradic

#FCF978 #78FCB7 #787BFC #FC78BD

square

#FCF978 #78FCB7 #787BFC #FC78BD

split-complementary

#FCF978 #78BDFC #B778FC

monochromatic

#F4EF05 #FBF63C #FCF978 #FDFCB4 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FCF978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.96

#FCF978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF978

18.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF978	1.00	1.11	18.96	18.96
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 249, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.151 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffba2',
    500: '#fcf978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf978;
$custom-light: #fffba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95943,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF978

secondary

#3F43D9

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF978

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

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