#FDF472#FDF472

#FDF472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.868; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.151 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF472
RGB	rgb(253, 244, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 54.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.65, -13.08, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.65, 63.94, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(94.94% -0.0398 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(94.94% 0.151 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.8983, 86.8013, 28.6726)
Luminance	0.8680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF472 #727BFD

analogous

#FDAF72 #FDF472 #C1FD72

triadic

#FDF472 #72FDF4 #F472FD

tetradic

#FDF472 #72FDAF #727BFD #FD72C1

square

#FDF472 #72FDAF #727BFD #FD72C1

split-complementary

#FDF472 #72C1FD #AF72FD

monochromatic

#F1E203 #FCEF36 #FDF472 #FEF9AE #FFFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FDF472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.36

#FDF472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF472

18.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF472	1.00	1.14	18.36	18.36
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 244, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.151 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff79e',
    500: '#fdf472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf472;
$custom-light: #fff79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94939,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.86799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF472

secondary

#3A44D9

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF472

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

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