#FDF9AA#FDF9AA

#FDF9AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.915; OKLCH L 96.7% C 0.099 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF9AA
RGB	rgb(253, 249, 170)
HSL	hsl(57, 95%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 32.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.63, -10.19, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.63, 39.80, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(96.74% -0.0267 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(96.74% 0.099 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(81.6402, 91.5379, 51.3903)
Luminance	0.9154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF9AA #AAAEFD

analogous

#FDCFAA #FDF9AA #D8FDAA

triadic

#FDF9AA #AAFDF9 #F9AAFD

tetradic

#FDF9AA #AAFDCF #AAAEFD #FDAAD8

square

#FDF9AA #AAFDCF #AAAEFD #FDAAD8

split-complementary

#FDF9AA #AAD8FD #CFAAFD

monochromatic

#FAF132 #FCF56E #FDF9AA #FEFDE1 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FDF9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.31

#FDF9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF9AA

19.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF9AA	1.00	1.09	19.31	19.31
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 249, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.7% 0.099 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbc4',
    500: '#fdf9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf9aa;
$custom-light: #fffbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 95.402,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96738,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.91536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF9AA

secondary

#6A70E1

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF9AA

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

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