#FDF59E#FDF59E

#FDF59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.887; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.108 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF59E
RGB	rgb(253, 245, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 96%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 37.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.44, -9.56, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.44, 43.91, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(95.73% -0.0256 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(95.73% 0.108 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(79.3332, 88.6580, 45.2747)
Luminance	0.8866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF59E #9EA6FD

analogous

#FDC59E #FDF59E #D6FD9E

triadic

#FDF59E #9EFDF5 #F59EFD

tetradic

#FDF59E #9EFDC5 #9EA6FD #FD9ED6

square

#FDF59E #9EFDC5 #9EA6FD #FD9ED6

split-complementary

#FDF59E #9ED6FD #C59EFD

monochromatic

#FBE926 #FCEF62 #FDF59E #FEFBDA #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FDF59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.73

#FDF59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF59E

18.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF59E	1.00	1.12	18.73	18.73
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 245, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.108 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff8bb',
    500: '#fdf59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf59e;
$custom-light: #fff8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.947,
    "s": 95.96,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95733,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF59E

secondary

#606AE0

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF59E

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

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