#FCF9BD#FCF9BD

#FCF9BD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.921; OKLCH L 97.0% C 0.077 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF9BD
RGB	rgb(252, 249, 189)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 25%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.87, -8.20, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.87, 30.38, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(97.01% -0.0203 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(97.01% 0.077 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(83.2059, 92.1222, 61.5324)
Luminance	0.9212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF9BD #BDC0FC

analogous

#FCDABD #FCF9BD #E0FCBD

triadic

#FCF9BD #BDFCF9 #F9BDFC

tetradic

#FCF9BD #BDFCDA #BDC0FC #FCBDE0

square

#FCF9BD #BDFCDA #BDC0FC #FCBDE0

split-complementary

#FCF9BD #BDE0FC #DABDFC

monochromatic

#F7EE48 #F9F482 #FCF9BD #FEFCE2 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FCF9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.42

#FCF9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF9BD

19.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF9BD	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)

#FFF4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 249, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.0% 0.077 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbd1',
    500: '#fcf9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf9bd;
$custom-light: #fefbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97012,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.92121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF9BD

secondary

#7B80E2

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF9BD

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

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