#FDD962#FDD962

#FDD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.142 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDD962
RGB	rgb(253, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -0.72, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 61.80, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0061 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.142 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.5286, 71.3937, 21.7764)
Luminance	0.7139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDD962 #6286FD

analogous

#FD8C62 #FDD962 #D3FD62

triadic

#FDD962 #62FDD9 #D962FD

tetradic

#FDD962 #62FD8C #6286FD #FD62D3

square

#FDD962 #62FD8C #6286FD #FD62D3

split-complementary

#FDD962 #62D3FD #8C62FD

monochromatic

#E2AE03 #FCCA26 #FDD962 #FEE89E #FFF6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FDD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#FDD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDD962

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDD962	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.142 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe493',
    500: '#fdd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdd962;
$custom-light: #ffe493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8936,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDD962

secondary

#2C54D7

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDD962

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

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