#FDF172#FDF172

#FDF172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.148 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF172
RGB	rgb(253, 241, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 54.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.89, -11.61, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.89, 62.80, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(94.33% -0.0356 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(94.33% 0.148 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.0030, 85.0107, 28.3742)
Luminance	0.8501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF172 #727EFD

analogous

#FDAC72 #FDF172 #C4FD72

triadic

#FDF172 #72FDF1 #F172FD

tetradic

#FDF172 #72FDAC #727EFD #FD72C4

square

#FDF172 #72FDAC #727EFD #FD72C4

split-complementary

#FDF172 #72C4FD #AC72FD

monochromatic

#F1DD03 #FCEB36 #FDF172 #FEF7AE #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FDF172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.00

#FDF172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF172

18.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF172	1.00	1.17	18.00	18.00
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 241, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.148 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59e',
    500: '#fdf172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf172;
$custom-light: #fff59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9433,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF172

secondary

#3A48D9

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF172

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

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