#FCF9BE#FCF9BE

#FCF9BE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.922; OKLCH L 97.0% C 0.075 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF9BE
RGB	rgb(252, 249, 190)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 24.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.89, -8.07, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.89, 29.88, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(97.03% -0.0199 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(97.03% 0.075 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(83.3148, 92.1658, 62.1060)
Luminance	0.9216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF9BE #BEC1FC

analogous

#FCDABE #FCF9BE #E0FCBE

triadic

#FCF9BE #BEFCF9 #F9BEFC

tetradic

#FCF9BE #BEFCDA #BEC1FC #FCBEE0

square

#FCF9BE #BEFCDA #BEC1FC #FCBEE0

split-complementary

#FCF9BE #BEE0FC #DABEFC

monochromatic

#F7EE49 #F9F484 #FCF9BE #FEFCE2 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FCF9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.43

#FCF9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF9BE

19.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF9BE	1.00	1.08	19.43	19.43
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 249, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.0% 0.075 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbd2',
    500: '#fcf9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf9be;
$custom-light: #fefbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 91.176,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97032,
    "c": 0.0754,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.92165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF9BE

secondary

#7C81E2

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181714

muted

#868583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF9BE

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

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