#FDD557#FDD557

#FDD557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.148 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD557
RGB	rgb(253, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 98%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 65.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, 0.65, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 65.33, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% -0.0034 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.148 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.0259, 69.1630, 18.8871)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD557 #577FFD

analogous

#FD8257 #FDD557 #D2FD57

triadic

#FDD557 #57FDD5 #D557FD

tetradic

#FDD557 #57FD82 #577FFD #FD57D2

square

#FDD557 #57FD82 #577FFD #FD57D2

split-complementary

#FDD557 #57D2FD #8257FD

monochromatic

#D7A403 #FCC61B #FDD557 #FEE493 #FEF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#FDD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#FDD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD557

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD557	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.148 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe18c',
    500: '#fdd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd557;
$custom-light: #ffe18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 97.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88469,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD557

secondary

#2750D1

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD557

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

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