#FDF956#FDF956

#FDF956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.893; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.177 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF956
RGB	rgb(253, 249, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.71, -17.29, 75.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.71, 77.14, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(95.71% -0.0546 0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(95.71% 0.177 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.0661, 89.3083, 22.0336)
Luminance	0.8931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF956 #565AFD

analogous

#FDA656 #FDF956 #AEFD56

triadic

#FDF956 #56FDF9 #F956FD

tetradic

#FDF956 #56FDA6 #565AFD #FD56AE

square

#FDF956 #56FDA6 #565AFD #FD56AE

split-complementary

#FDF956 #56AEFD #A656FD

monochromatic

#D6D103 #FCF71A #FDF956 #FEFB92 #FEFDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FDF956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.86

#FDF956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF956

18.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF956	1.00	1.11	18.86	18.86
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 249, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.177 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb8e',
    500: '#fdf956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf956;
$custom-light: #fffb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.563,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95706,
    "c": 0.17719,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.89306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF956

secondary

#272BD0

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF956

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

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