#FDF799#FDF799

#FDF799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.897; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.116 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF799
RGB	rgb(253, 247, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 39.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.87, -11.08, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.87, 47.18, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(96.06% -0.0303 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(96.06% 0.116 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(79.5199, 89.7060, 43.2569)
Luminance	0.8970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF799 #999FFD

analogous

#FDC599 #FDF799 #D1FD99

triadic

#FDF799 #99FDF7 #F799FD

tetradic

#FDF799 #99FDC5 #999FFD #FD99D1

square

#FDF799 #99FDC5 #999FFD #FD99D1

split-complementary

#FDF799 #99D1FD #C599FD

monochromatic

#FBEE21 #FCF25D #FDF799 #FEFCD5 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FDF799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.94

#FDF799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF799

18.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF799	1.00	1.11	18.94	18.94
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 247, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.116 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff9b8',
    500: '#fdf799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf799;
$custom-light: #fff9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96057,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.89704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF799

secondary

#5B63DF

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF799

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

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