#FDD85F#FDD85F

#FDD85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.144 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD85F
RGB	rgb(253, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 62.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -0.41, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 62.80, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0055 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.144 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.1326, 70.8242, 20.9587)
Luminance	0.7082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD85F #5F84FD

analogous

#FD895F #FDD85F #D3FD5F

triadic

#FDD85F #5FFDD8 #D85FFD

tetradic

#FDD85F #5FFD89 #5F84FD #FD5FD3

square

#FDD85F #5FFD89 #5F84FD #FD5FD3

split-complementary

#FDD85F #5FD3FD #895FFD

monochromatic

#DFAB03 #FCC923 #FDD85F #FEE79B #FFF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FDD85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#FDD85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD85F

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD85F	1.00	1.38	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.38	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)

#EDD552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.144 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe391',
    500: '#fdd85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd85f;
$custom-light: #ffe391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.949,
    "s": 97.531,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89133,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD85F

secondary

#2952D7

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD85F

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

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