#FDF496#FDF496

#FDF496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.878; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.116 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF496
RGB	rgb(253, 244, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 40.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.07, -9.91, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.07, 47.35, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(95.41% -0.0272 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(95.41% 0.116 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.3652, 87.7881, 41.6650)
Luminance	0.8779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF496 #969FFD

analogous

#FDC196 #FDF496 #D3FD96

triadic

#FDF496 #96FDF4 #F496FD

tetradic

#FDF496 #96FDC1 #969FFD #FD96D3

square

#FDF496 #96FDC1 #969FFD #FD96D3

split-complementary

#FDF496 #96D3FD #C196FD

monochromatic

#FBE71E #FCEE5A #FDF496 #FEFAD2 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FDF496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.56

#FDF496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF496

18.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF496	1.00	1.13	18.56	18.56
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 244, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.116 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff7b6',
    500: '#fdf496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf496;
$custom-light: #fff7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95406,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.87786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF496

secondary

#5964DF

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF496

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

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