#FDF856#FDF856

#FDF856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.887; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.176 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF856
RGB	rgb(253, 248, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.45, -16.81, 74.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.45, 76.78, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(95.5% -0.0532 0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(95.5% 0.176 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.7578, 88.6918, 21.9309)
Luminance	0.8869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF856 #565BFD

analogous

#FDA556 #FDF856 #AEFD56

triadic

#FDF856 #56FDF8 #F856FD

tetradic

#FDF856 #56FDA5 #565BFD #FD56AE

square

#FDF856 #56FDA5 #565BFD #FD56AE

split-complementary

#FDF856 #56AEFD #A556FD

monochromatic

#D6D003 #FCF51A #FDF856 #FEFB92 #FEFDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FDF856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.74

#FDF856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF856

18.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF856	1.00	1.12	18.74	18.74
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 248, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.176 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa8e',
    500: '#fdf856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf856;
$custom-light: #fffa8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.204,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95501,
    "c": 0.17625,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.88689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF856

secondary

#272CD0

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF856

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

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