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#fcffa8

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Morning Brass

RGB
252, 255, 168
HSL
62°, 100%, 83%
CMYK
1, 0, 34, 0
Luminance
0.9504

#fcffa8 is a light electric yellow, 62° on the wheel and 27/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (20.01:1). As text it scores 1.05:1 on white — use #767A00 instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(62 100% 83%)rgb(252 255 168)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fcffa8 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fcffa8
Hue
62°
yellow
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
83%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
96%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9504
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
27/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
20.01:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 5.9
Chroma
43.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.978
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 20.1
Web-safe
#FFFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue62° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness83%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fcffa8.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool27% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red22%
Green75%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#fcffa8
HEX (8-digit)#fcffa8ff
RGBrgb(252, 255, 168)
RGBArgba(252, 255, 168, 1)
HSLhsl(62, 100%, 83%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62, 34%, 100%)
HWBhwb(62 66% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 0%, 34%, 0%)
LABlab(98.0 -13.7 41.3)
LCHlch(98.0 43.5 108.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.978 0.108 109.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(82.97, 95.04, 51.01)
Decimal16580520
Display P3color(display-p3 0.988 1.000 0.659)
Web-safe#FFFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fcffa8;
background-color: #fcffa8;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fcffa8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fcffa8] bg-[#fcffa8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fcffa8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 1.000, blue: 0.659)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.988, green: 1.000, blue: 0.659, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FCFFA8</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFCFFA8)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFCFFA8)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(168, 255, 252)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(252, 255, 168)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(252, 255, 168)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 255, 168)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9882f, 1.0000f, 0.6588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{252,255,168}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fcffa8 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fcffa8 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7B8000, #EDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fcffa8 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDFEF1;
  --brand-100: #FBFCE3;
  --brand-200: #fcffa8;
  --brand-300: #FBFF8F;
  --brand-400: #F9FF57;
  --brand-500: #F7FF1F;
  --brand-600: #ECF500;
  --brand-700: #C5CC00;
  --brand-800: #9DA300;
  --brand-900: #727605;
  --brand-950: #474903;
  --brand: #fcffa8;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #EBEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #FBFF84;
  --brand-pressed: #F9FF60;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242414;
    --brand-ink: #EDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDFEF1',
        100: '#FBFCE3',
        200: '#fcffa8',
        300: '#FBFF8F',
        400: '#F9FF57',
        500: '#F7FF1F',
        600: '#ECF500',
        700: '#C5CC00',
        800: '#9DA300',
        900: '#727605',
        950: '#474903',
        DEFAULT: '#fcffa8',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDFEF1,
  '100': #FBFCE3,
  '200': #fcffa8,
  '300': #FBFF8F,
  '400': #F9FF57,
  '500': #F7FF1F,
  '600': #ECF500,
  '700': #C5CC00,
  '800': #9DA300,
  '900': #727605,
  '950': #474903,
);
$brand-base: #fcffa8;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDFEF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBFCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#fcffa8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FBFF8F", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F9FF57", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F7FF1F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#ECF500", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C5CC00", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9DA300", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#727605", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#474903", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #fcffa8 · 20.01:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.05:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 20.01:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fcffa8 as text scores 1.05:1 on white and 20.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7B8000 at 4.06:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#767A00 · 4.61:1
AA on white−59% L
#767A00
The quick fox
#585B00 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−65% L
#585B00
The quick fox
#fcffa8 · 20.01:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fcffa8
The quick fox
#fcffa8 · 20.01:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fcffa8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #939800 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fcffa8 on white: 1.05:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fcffa8 on black: 20.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fcffa8 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fcffa8.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.05:1AaAa
Slate 501.00:1AaAa
Slate 1001.04:1AaAa
Slate 2001.17:1AaAa
Slate 3001.41:1AaAa
Slate 4002.44:1AaAa
Slate 5004.53:1AaAa
Slate 6007.22:1AaAa
Slate 7009.87:1AaAa
Slate 80013.94:1AaAa
Slate 90017.01:1AaAa
Black20.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFF8A2
deuteranopia · #FFFBAC
tritanopia · #FFF5E9

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #fcffa8 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDFEF1
#FBFCE3
#fcffa8
#FBFF8F
#F9FF57
#F7FF1F
#ECF500
#C5CC00
#9DA300
#727605
#474903
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDFEF1Darkest = 950 · #474903Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.027 109.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.043 109.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.065 109.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.085 109.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.100 109.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.108 109.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.108 109.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.102 109.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.091 109.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.076 109.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.060 109.9);
}

Colors that work with #fcffa8

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#EBEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#989B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#002DCC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7B8000
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEFFE5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242414
Dark-mode background
Hover#FBFF84
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F9FF60
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FDFFBC
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
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Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #fcffa8

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #7B8000
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #939800

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight17/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#ABA8FF
Analogous left#FFD6A8
Analogous right#D0FFA8
Split-complement 1#A8D0FF
Split-complement 2#D6A8FF
Triadic 1#A8FCFF
Triadic 2#FFA8FC
Tetradic#A8FFD6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°62°

#fcffa8 sits at 62°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.8%
Green100.0%
Blue65.9%
R · 0–255
252
0xfc
G · 0–255
255
0xff
B · 0–255
168
0xa8

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow34.1%
Key (black)0.0%

Total ink coverage is 35%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fcffa8 text on a black background

contrast 20.01:1

Card sample

#fcffa8 text on a white background

contrast 1.05:1

Card sample

#fcffa8 on grey

1.04:1

#fcffa8 on its own surface

1.00:1

#fcffa8 on its dark surface

14.96:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fcffa8;
Background color
Panel with #fcffa8 background
background-color: #fcffa8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fcffa8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 255, 168, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 255, 168, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fcffa8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcffa8, #C2FFA8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fcffa8, #ACFFA8);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fcffa8;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fcffa8;
caret-color: #fcffa8;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fcffa8;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEFFE5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fcffa8;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fcffa8 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fcffa8 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(252, 255, 168, 0.5)
rgb(252 255 168 / 50%)
#fcffa880
hsl(62 100% 83% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fcffa8 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fcffa81a#FFFFF6
20%#fcffa833#FEFFEE
40%#fcffa866#FEFFDC
60%#fcffa899#FDFFCB
80%#fcffa8cc#FDFFB9

Gradients from #fcffa8

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEFFE5, #fcffa8 45%, #7B8000);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fcffa8, #A3FF89);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fcffa8, #ABA8FF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEFFF0 0%, #fcffa8 45%, #7B8000 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFEBDB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DCFFC6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7B8000 0%, transparent 65%), #fcffa8;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fcffa8

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#fcffa8 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 20.01:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#fcffa8, answered

What color is #fcffa8?

#fcffa8 is a light electric yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 5.9). It sits at 62° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 83% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fcffa8?

rgb(252, 255, 168) — 252 red, 255 green and 168 blue out of 255, or 98.8% / 100% / 65.9% by channel.

What is #fcffa8 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(62, 100%, 83%) and hsv(62, 34%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fcffa8 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9504 and perceived brightness is 96%, so black text on it reaches 20.01:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fcffa8?

Black. It scores 20.01:1 against #fcffa8, versus 1.05:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fcffa8 accessible on a white background?

#fcffa8 on white scores 1.05:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #767A00 to reach 4.5:1, or #585B00 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fcffa8?

#ABA8FF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A8D0FF and #D6A8FF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fcffa8?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #EBEDC0 for borders, #989B4B for secondary text, #002DCC as an accent and #7B8000 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FFD6A8 and #D0FFA8 stays calm, while #ABA8FF is the loudest partner.

What is #fcffa8 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(1%, 0%, 34%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #fcffa8 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 27 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FFE2A8; nudged cooler, #DCFFA8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fcffa8?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 20.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fcffa8 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fcffa8 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fcffa8] or text-[#fcffa8], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #fcffa8 with 50% opacity?

rgba(252, 255, 168, 0.5), or #fcffa880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEFFD4; over black, #7E8054.

Is #fcffa8 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF99, ΔE2000 2.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fcffa8 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #fcffa8?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEFFE5, #fcffa8 45%, #7B8000). For more colour, a short hue run to #A3FF89 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fcffa8 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fcffa8 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.