#FDF281#FDF281

#FDF281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.135 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF281
RGB	rgb(253, 242, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 97%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 49%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.30, -10.90, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.30, 56.43, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(94.71% -0.032 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(94.71% 0.135 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.2246, 85.9743, 33.3441)
Luminance	0.8597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF281 #818CFD

analogous

#FDB481 #FDF281 #CAFD81

triadic

#FDF281 #81FDF2 #F281FD

tetradic

#FDF281 #81FDB4 #818CFD #FD81CA

square

#FDF281 #81FDB4 #818CFD #FD81CA

split-complementary

#FDF281 #81CAFD #B481FD

monochromatic

#FBE609 #FCEC45 #FDF281 #FEF8BD #FFFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FDF281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.19

#FDF281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF281

18.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF281	1.00	1.15	18.19	18.19
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 242, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.135 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6a8',
    500: '#fdf281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf281;
$custom-light: #fff6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 96.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9471,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF281

secondary

#4754DC

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF281

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

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