#FDF797#FDF797

#FDF797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.896; OKLCH L 96.0% C 0.118 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF797
RGB	rgb(253, 247, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 40.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.85, -11.29, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.85, 48.14, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(96.03% -0.0311 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(96.03% 0.118 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(79.3561, 89.6405, 42.3942)
Luminance	0.8964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF797 #979DFD

analogous

#FDC497 #FDF797 #D0FD97

triadic

#FDF797 #97FDF7 #F797FD

tetradic

#FDF797 #97FDC4 #979DFD #FD97D0

square

#FDF797 #97FDC4 #979DFD #FD97D0

split-complementary

#FDF797 #97D0FD #C497FD

monochromatic

#FBEE1F #FCF25B #FDF797 #FEFCD3 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FDF797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.93

#FDF797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF797

18.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF797	1.00	1.11	18.93	18.93
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 247, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.0% 0.118 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b7',
    500: '#fdf797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf797;
$custom-light: #fff9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96026,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.89639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF797

secondary

#5961DF

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF797

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

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