#FCF9EC#FCF9EC

#FCF9EC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.945; OKLCH L 98.1% C 0.017 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCF9EC
RGB	rgb(252, 249, 236)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 96%)
HSV	hsv(49, 6%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 6.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.83, -1.21, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.83, 6.70, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(98.09% -0.0018 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(98.09% 0.017 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(89.1589, 94.5034, 92.8846)
Luminance	0.9450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCF9EC #ECEFFC

analogous

#FCF1EC #FCF9EC #F7FCEC

triadic

#FCF9EC #ECFCF9 #F9ECFC

tetradic

#FCF9EC #ECFCF1 #ECEFFC #FCECF7

square

#FCF9EC #ECFCF1 #ECEFFC #FCECF7

split-complementary

#FCF9EC #ECF7FC #F1ECFC

monochromatic

#EBD882 #F4E8B7 #FBF7E5 #FBF7E5 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FCF9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.90

#FCF9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCF9EC

19.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCF9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCF9EC	1.00	1.06	19.90	19.90
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCF8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDF9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF7F5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcf9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 249, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.1% 0.017 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfbf2',
    500: '#fcf9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcf9ec;
$custom-light: #fdfbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcf9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 95.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98091,
    "c": 0.01739,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.94503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCF9EC

secondary

#A9B4E3

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171716

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCF9EC

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

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