#FDF279#FDF279

#FDF279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.143 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF279
RGB	rgb(253, 242, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.21, -11.56, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.21, 60.07, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(94.61% -0.0347 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(94.61% 0.143 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.7136, 85.7698, 30.6524)
Luminance	0.8577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF279 #7984FD

analogous

#FDB079 #FDF279 #C6FD79

triadic

#FDF279 #79FDF2 #F279FD

tetradic

#FDF279 #79FDB0 #7984FD #FD79C6

square

#FDF279 #79FDB0 #7984FD #FD79C6

split-complementary

#FDF279 #79C6FD #B079FD

monochromatic

#F8E404 #FCEC3D #FDF279 #FEF8B5 #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FDF279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.15

#FDF279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF279

18.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF279	1.00	1.16	18.15	18.15
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 242, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.143 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a3',
    500: '#fdf279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf279;
$custom-light: #fff6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94612,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF279

secondary

#404DDA

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF279

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

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