#FDD856#FDD856

#FDD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.150 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD856
RGB	rgb(253, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.32, -0.94, 66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.32, 66.53, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0081 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.151 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.7469, 70.6699, 18.9272)
Luminance	0.7067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD856 #567BFD

analogous

#FD8556 #FDD856 #CEFD56

triadic

#FDD856 #56FDD8 #D856FD

tetradic

#FDD856 #56FD85 #567BFD #FD56CE

square

#FDD856 #56FD85 #567BFD #FD56CE

split-complementary

#FDD856 #56CEFD #8556FD

monochromatic

#D6A703 #FCCA1A #FDD856 #FEE692 #FEF4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FDD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#FDD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD856

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD856	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.150 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe38b',
    500: '#fdd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd856;
$custom-light: #ffe38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.707,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8905,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD856

secondary

#274DD0

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD856

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

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