#FDD862#FDD862

#FDD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.141 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD862
RGB	rgb(253, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -0.22, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 61.52, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0046 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.141 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.2716, 70.8798, 21.6907)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD862 #6287FD

analogous

#FD8B62 #FDD862 #D5FD62

triadic

#FDD862 #62FDD8 #D862FD

tetradic

#FDD862 #62FD8B #6287FD #FD62D5

square

#FDD862 #62FD8B #6287FD #FD62D5

split-complementary

#FDD862 #62D5FD #8B62FD

monochromatic

#E2AD03 #FCC926 #FDD862 #FEE79E #FFF6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FDD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#FDD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD862

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD862	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.141 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe393',
    500: '#fdd862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd862;
$custom-light: #ffe393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89163,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD862

secondary

#2C55D7

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD862

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

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