#FDF596#FDF596

#FDF596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.884; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.117 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF596
RGB	rgb(253, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 40.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.33, -10.40, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.33, 47.77, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(95.61% -0.0286 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(95.61% 0.117 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(78.6669, 88.3915, 41.7655)
Luminance	0.8839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF596 #969EFD

analogous

#FDC296 #FDF596 #D2FD96

triadic

#FDF596 #96FDF5 #F596FD

tetradic

#FDF596 #96FDC2 #969EFD #FD96D2

square

#FDF596 #96FDC2 #969EFD #FD96D2

split-complementary

#FDF596 #96D2FD #C296FD

monochromatic

#FBEA1E #FCEF5A #FDF596 #FEFBD2 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FDF596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.68

#FDF596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF596

18.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF596	1.00	1.12	18.68	18.68
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.117 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8b6',
    500: '#fdf596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf596;
$custom-light: #fff8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95608,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.88389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF596

secondary

#5963DF

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF596

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

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