Lemon Yellow#FDFF38

#FDFF38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.927; OKLCH L 96.8% C 0.199 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Lemon Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FDFF38
RGB	rgb(253, 255, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.10, -21.43, 86.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.10, 88.73, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(96.77% -0.0687 0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(96.77% 0.199 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.9847, 92.6905, 17.5764)
Luminance	0.9269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDFF38 #3A38FF

analogous

#FF9D38 #FDFF38 #99FF38

triadic

#FDFF38 #38FDFF #FF38FD

tetradic

#FDFF38 #38FF9D #3A38FF #FF3899

square

#FDFF38 #38FF9D #3A38FF #FF3899

split-complementary

#FDFF38 #3899FF #9D38FF

monochromatic

#BBBD00 #F7FA00 #FDFF38 #FEFF75 #FEFFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FDFF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.54

#FDFF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDFF38

19.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDFF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDFF38	1.00	1.07	19.54	19.54
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdff38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 255, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.8% 0.199 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffff80',
    500: '#fdff38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdff38;
$custom-light: #ffff80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdff38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.603,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96768,
    "c": 0.19895,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.92688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDFF38

secondary

#2221BA

accent

#00E602

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFFF2

border

#D7D7CC

text

#19170B

muted

#87857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDFF38

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

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