#FDD957#FDD957

#FDD957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.150 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD957
RGB	rgb(253, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 98%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 65.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -1.39, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 66.40, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0093 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.15 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.0445, 71.2001, 19.2266)
Luminance	0.7120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD957 #577BFD

analogous

#FD8657 #FDD957 #CEFD57

triadic

#FDD957 #57FDD9 #D957FD

tetradic

#FDD957 #57FD86 #577BFD #FD57CE

square

#FDD957 #57FD86 #577BFD #FD57CE

split-complementary

#FDD957 #57CEFD #8657FD

monochromatic

#D7A903 #FCCB1B #FDD957 #FEE793 #FEF4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FDD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#FDD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD957

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD957	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.150 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe48c',
    500: '#fdd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd957;
$custom-light: #ffe48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.988,
    "s": 97.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89256,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD957

secondary

#274CD1

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD957

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

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