#FDF299#FDF299

#FDF299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.867; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.110 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF299
RGB	rgb(253, 242, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 39.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.61, -8.61, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.61, 45.08, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(95.05% -0.0232 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(95.05% 0.11 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.0113, 86.6889, 42.7540)
Luminance	0.8669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF299 #99A4FD

analogous

#FDC099 #FDF299 #D6FD99

triadic

#FDF299 #99FDF2 #F299FD

tetradic

#FDF299 #99FDC0 #99A4FD #FD99D6

square

#FDF299 #99FDC0 #99A4FD #FD99D6

split-complementary

#FDF299 #99D6FD #C099FD

monochromatic

#FBE321 #FCEA5D #FDF299 #FEFAD5 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FDF299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.34

#FDF299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF299

18.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF299	1.00	1.15	18.34	18.34
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 242, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.110 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff6b8',
    500: '#fdf299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf299;
$custom-light: #fff6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95051,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.86687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF299

secondary

#5B6ADF

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF299

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

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