#FDF9AF#FDF9AF

#FDF9AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.917; OKLCH L 96.8% C 0.093 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF9AF
RGB	rgb(253, 249, 175)
HSL	hsl(57, 95%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 30.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.71, -9.60, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.71, 37.34, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(96.83% -0.0247 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(96.83% 0.093 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(82.1222, 91.7307, 53.9288)
Luminance	0.9173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF9AF #AFB3FD

analogous

#FDD2AF #FDF9AF #DAFDAF

triadic

#FDF9AF #AFFDF9 #F9AFFD

tetradic

#FDF9AF #AFFDD2 #AFB3FD #FDAFDA

square

#FDF9AF #AFFDD2 #AFB3FD #FDAFDA

split-complementary

#FDF9AF #AFDAFD #D2AFFD

monochromatic

#FAF038 #FCF573 #FDF9AF #FEFDE1 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FDF9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.35

#FDF9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF9AF

19.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF9AF	1.00	1.09	19.35	19.35
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF0E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 249, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.8% 0.093 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffbc7',
    500: '#fdf9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf9af;
$custom-light: #fffbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 95.122,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96826,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.91729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF9AF

secondary

#6E74E2

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF9AF

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

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