#FDDF55#FDDF55

#FDDF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.156 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDDF55
RGB	rgb(253, 223, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 66.4%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -4.53, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 68.91, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0185 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.156 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.5386, 74.3173, 19.3271)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDDF55 #5573FD

analogous

#FD8B55 #FDDF55 #C7FD55

triadic

#FDDF55 #55FDDF #DF55FD

tetradic

#FDDF55 #55FD8B #5573FD #FD55C7

square

#FDDF55 #55FD8B #5573FD #FD55C7

split-complementary

#FDDF55 #55C7FD #8B55FD

monochromatic

#D5AF03 #FCD419 #FDDF55 #FEEA91 #FEF6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FDDF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#FDDF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDDF55

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDDF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDDF55	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fddf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 223, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.156 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe88b',
    500: '#fddf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fddf55;
$custom-light: #ffe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fddf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 97.674,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9043,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDDF55

secondary

#2745CF

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDDF55

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

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