#FCF997#FCF997

#FCF997 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.907; OKLCH L 96.4% C 0.120 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF997
RGB	rgb(252, 249, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.28, -12.65, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.28, 48.99, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(96.35% -0.035 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(96.35% 0.12 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(79.6078, 90.6830, 42.5821)
Luminance	0.9068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF997 #979AFC

analogous

#FCC797 #FCF997 #CDFC97

triadic

#FCF997 #97FCF9 #F997FC

tetradic

#FCF997 #97FCC7 #979AFC #FC97CD

square

#FCF997 #97FCC7 #979AFC #FC97CD

split-complementary

#FCF997 #97CDFC #C797FC

monochromatic

#F9F220 #FAF65C #FCF997 #FEFCD2 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FCF997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.14

#FCF997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF997

19.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF997	1.00	1.10	19.14	19.14
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 249, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.4% 0.120 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbb7',
    500: '#fcf997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf997;
$custom-light: #fffbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9635,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.90681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF997

secondary

#5A5EDD

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF997

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

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