HEX atlas value

#FCF8CF

#FCF8CF is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Lemon Chiffon. RGB 252, 248, 207, HSL 55° 88% 90%, luminance 0.9234; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light pastel

#FCF8CF Sample readable text

HEX #FCF8CF

RGB rgb(252, 248, 207)

HSL hsl(55 88% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 2, 18, 1)

Luminance 0.9234

Contrast Black 19.47:1White 1.08:1

CSS

--color-fcf8cf: #FCF8CF;
.background-fcf8cf { background-color: #FCF8CF; }
.text-fcf8cf { color: #FCF8CF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FCF8CF

#FCF8CF is classified as a warm yellow value with light and pastel visual character. #FCF8CF is visually closest to Lemon Chiffon, a named yellow color with HEX #FFFACD.

The RGB channels are 252, 248, and 207, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 55deg with 88% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.9234, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 4.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.47:1AA Pass

White text1.08:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FCF8CF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.47:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.08:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Cream#FFFDD0 · #000000 text · best 20.21:1 #FFFBCC#FFFBCC · #000000 text · best 19.92:1 Lemon Chiffon#FFFACD · #000000 text · best 19.81:1 Cornsilk#FFF8DC · #000000 text · best 19.71:1

Generated Palette

#FCF8CF#FCF8CF

#CFD3FC#CFD3FC

#FCE2CF#FCE2CF

#E9FCCF#E9FCCF

White#FFFFFF

#F6EC79#F6EC79

Color Harmonies

#CFD3FC#CFD3FC

#FCE2CF#FCE2CF

#E9FCCF#E9FCCF

#CFFCF8#CFFCF8

#F8CFFC#F8CFFC

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#F6EC79#F6EC79

#FFFBCC#FFFBCC

#F6F4D5#F6F4D5

White#FFFFFF

#FFFEF5#FFFEF5

Nearest Named Colors

Lemon Chiffon#FFFACD

Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2

Cream#FFFDD0

Papaya Whip#FFEFD5

Cornsilk#FFF8DC

Luminance0.9234

Black text19.47:1AA Pass

White text1.08:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FCF8CF","rgb":[252,248,207],"hsl":[55,88,90],"cmyk":[0,2,18,1],"luminance":0.9234,"contrast":{"black":19.47,"white":1.08}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.47,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.08,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Cream","hex":"#FFFDD0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.21,"contrastWhite":1.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFFBCC","hex":"#FFFBCC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.92,"contrastWhite":1.05,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Lemon Chiffon","hex":"#FFFACD","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.81,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Cornsilk","hex":"#FFF8DC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.71,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","pastel","light yellow","pastel yellow","Lemon Chiffon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fcf8cf.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lemon-chiffon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-goldenrod-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cream.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#CFD3FC","analogous":["#FCE2CF","#E9FCCF"],"triadic":["#CFFCF8","#F8CFFC"],"tetradic":["#CFFCE2","#CFD3FC","#FCCFE9"],"splitComplementary":["#CFE9FC","#E2CFFC"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FCF8CF","#F6EC79"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#F6EC79","saturated":"#FFFBCC","desaturated":"#F6F4D5","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFEF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"lemon-chiffon","name":"Lemon Chiffon","hex":"#FFFACD","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"light-goldenrod-yellow","name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"cream","name":"Cream","hex":"#FFFDD0","distance":5.916079783099616},{"slug":"papaya-whip","name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","distance":11.224972160321824},{"slug":"cornsilk","name":"Cornsilk","hex":"#FFF8DC","distance":13.341664064126334}]

#FCF8CF

CSS

About #FCF8CF

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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