#FDD55D#FDD55D

#FDD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.143 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD55D
RGB	rgb(253, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, 1.00, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 62.84, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0017 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.143 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.2813, 69.2652, 20.2321)
Luminance	0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD55D #5D85FD

analogous

#FD855D #FDD55D #D5FD5D

triadic

#FDD55D #5DFDD5 #D55DFD

tetradic

#FDD55D #5DFD85 #5D85FD #FD5DD5

square

#FDD55D #5DFD85 #5D85FD #FD5DD5

split-complementary

#FDD55D #5DD5FD #855DFD

monochromatic

#DDA603 #FCC521 #FDD55D #FEE599 #FEF4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#FDD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#FDD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD55D

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD55D	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.143 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe18f',
    500: '#fdd55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd55d;
$custom-light: #ffe18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 97.561,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88525,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD55D

secondary

#2854D6

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD55D

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

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