#FCF9BC#FCF9BC

#FCF9BC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.921; OKLCH L 97.0% C 0.078 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF9BC
RGB	rgb(252, 249, 188)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 25.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.85, -8.33, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.85, 30.88, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(96.99% -0.0207 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(96.99% 0.078 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(83.0977, 92.0790, 60.9627)
Luminance	0.9208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF9BC #BCBFFC

analogous

#FCD9BC #FCF9BC #DFFCBC

triadic

#FCF9BC #BCFCF9 #F9BCFC

tetradic

#FCF9BC #BCFCD9 #BCBFFC #FCBCDF

square

#FCF9BC #BCFCD9 #BCBFFC #FCBCDF

split-complementary

#FCF9BC #BCDFFC #D9BCFC

monochromatic

#F7EF47 #F9F481 #FCF9BC #FEFCE2 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FCF9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.42

#FCF9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF9BC

19.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF9BC	1.00	1.08	19.42	19.42
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 249, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.0% 0.078 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbd0',
    500: '#fcf9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf9bc;
$custom-light: #fefbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.187,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96992,
    "c": 0.07783,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.92078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF9BC

secondary

#7A7FE2

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF9BC

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

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