#FDF962#FDF962

#FDF962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.895; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.169 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF962
RGB	rgb(253, 249, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.80, -16.60, 70.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.80, 72.54, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(95.8% -0.0514 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(95.8% 0.169 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.5908, 89.5182, 24.7971)
Luminance	0.8952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF962 #6266FD

analogous

#FDAC62 #FDF962 #B4FD62

triadic

#FDF962 #62FDF9 #F962FD

tetradic

#FDF962 #62FDAC #6266FD #FD62B4

square

#FDF962 #62FDAC #6266FD #FD62B4

split-complementary

#FDF962 #62B4FD #AC62FD

monochromatic

#E2DC03 #FCF726 #FDF962 #FEFB9E #FFFEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FDF962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.90

#FDF962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF962

18.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF962	1.00	1.11	18.90	18.90
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 249, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.169 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb95',
    500: '#fdf962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf962;
$custom-light: #fffb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.452,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95804,
    "c": 0.16872,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.89516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF962

secondary

#2C30D7

accent

#06E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF962

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

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