#FDF9DC#FDF9DC

#FDF9DC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.938; OKLCH L 97.8% C 0.038 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDF9DC
RGB	rgb(253, 249, 220)
HSL	hsl(53, 89%, 93%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 13%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.55, -3.42, 14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.55, 14.81, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(97.77% -0.007 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(97.77% 0.038 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(87.3008, 93.8022, 81.2029)
Luminance	0.9380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDF9DC #DCE0FD

analogous

#FDE8DC #FDF9DC #F0FDDC

triadic

#FDF9DC #DCFDF9 #F9DCFD

tetradic

#FDF9DC #DCFDE8 #DCE0FD #FDDCF0

square

#FDF9DC #DCFDE8 #DCE0FD #FDDCF0

split-complementary

#FDF9DC #DCF0FD #E8DCFD

monochromatic

#F6E568 #FAEFA2 #FDF9DC #FDFAE2 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FDF9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.76

#FDF9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDF9DC

19.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDF9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDF9DC	1.00	1.06	19.76	19.76
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF5F1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdf9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 249, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.8% 0.038 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbe6',
    500: '#fdf9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdf9dc;
$custom-light: #fefbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdf9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 92.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97769,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.93801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDF9DC

secondary

#96A0E7

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDF9DC

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

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