#FDD85E#FDD85E

#FDD85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.145 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD85E
RGB	rgb(253, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 62.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -0.47, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 63.22, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0058 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.145 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.0875, 70.8061, 20.7208)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD85E #5E83FD

analogous

#FD885E #FDD85E #D2FD5E

triadic

#FDD85E #5EFDD8 #D85EFD

tetradic

#FDD85E #5EFD88 #5E83FD #FD5ED2

square

#FDD85E #5EFD88 #5E83FD #FD5ED2

split-complementary

#FDD85E #5ED2FD #885EFD

monochromatic

#DEAB03 #FCC922 #FDD85E #FEE79A #FFF5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FDD85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#FDD85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD85E

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD85E	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.145 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe390',
    500: '#fdd85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd85e;
$custom-light: #ffe390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 97.546,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89124,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD85E

secondary

#2951D7

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD85E

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

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