#FDF462#FDF462

#FDF462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.164 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF462
RGB	rgb(253, 244, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.51, -14.17, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.51, 70.68, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(94.78% -0.0446 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(94.78% 0.164 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.0659, 86.4684, 24.2888)
Luminance	0.8647 (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

#FDF462 #626BFD

analogous

#FDA762 #FDF462 #B9FD62

triadic

#FDF462 #62FDF4 #F462FD

tetradic

#FDF462 #62FDA7 #626BFD #FD62B9

square

#FDF462 #62FDA7 #626BFD #FD62B9

split-complementary

#FDF462 #62B9FD #A762FD

monochromatic

#E2D503 #FCF026 #FDF462 #FEF89E #FFFCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FDF462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.29

#FDF462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF462

18.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF462	1.00	1.15	18.29	18.29
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 244, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.164 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff794',
    500: '#fdf462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf462;
$custom-light: #fff794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.516,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94781,
    "c": 0.16396,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.86466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF462

secondary

#2C36D7

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF462

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

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