#FCF9CD#FCF9CD

#FCF9CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.929; OKLCH L 97.3% C 0.057 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF9CD
RGB	rgb(252, 249, 205)
HSL	hsl(56, 89%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(56, 19%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 18.7%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.17, -6.00, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.17, 22.35, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(97.35% -0.0139 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(97.35% 0.057 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(85.0394, 92.8556, 71.1888)
Luminance	0.9285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF9CD #CDD0FC

analogous

#FCE2CD #FCF9CD #E8FCCD

triadic

#FCF9CD #CDFCF9 #F9CDFC

tetradic

#FCF9CD #CDFCE2 #CDD0FC #FCCDE8

square

#FCF9CD #CDFCE2 #CDD0FC #FCCDE8

split-complementary

#FCF9CD #CDE8FC #E2CDFC

monochromatic

#F5EB5A #F9F293 #FCF9CD #FDFCE2 #FDFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FCF9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.57

#FCF9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF9CD

19.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF9CD	1.00	1.07	19.57	19.57
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF3ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 249, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.3% 0.057 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfbdc',
    500: '#fcf9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf9cd;
$custom-light: #fdfbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 88.679,
    "l": 89.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97347,
    "c": 0.05691,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.92855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF9CD

secondary

#8A8FE4

accent

#0FE500

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF9CD

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

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