#FDD863#FDD863

#FDD863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.141 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD863
RGB	rgb(253, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 60.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -0.15, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 61.08, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0043 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.141 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.3191, 70.8988, 21.9409)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD863 #6388FD

analogous

#FD8B63 #FDD863 #D5FD63

triadic

#FDD863 #63FDD8 #D863FD

tetradic

#FDD863 #63FD8B #6388FD #FD63D5

square

#FDD863 #63FD8B #6388FD #FD63D5

split-complementary

#FDD863 #63D5FD #8B63FD

monochromatic

#E3AD03 #FCC927 #FDD863 #FEE79F #FFF6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FDD863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#FDD863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD863

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD863	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)

#EDD557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.141 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe393',
    500: '#fdd863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd863;
$custom-light: #ffe393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 97.468,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89174,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD863

secondary

#2D56D7

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD863

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

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