#FFFD9C#FFFD9C

#FFFD9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.939; OKLCH L 97.5% C 0.119 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFD9C
RGB	rgb(255, 253, 156)
HSL	hsl(59, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.60, -12.94, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.60, 48.39, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(97.48% -0.0356 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(97.48% 0.119 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(82.3672, 93.9126, 45.2340)
Luminance	0.9391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFD9C #9C9EFF

analogous

#FFCB9C #FFFD9C #CFFF9C

triadic

#FFFD9C #9CFFFD #FD9CFF

tetradic

#FFFD9C #9CFFCB #9C9EFF #FF9CCF

square

#FFFD9C #9CFFCB #9C9EFF #FF9CCF

split-complementary

#FFFD9C #9CCFFF #CB9CFF

monochromatic

#FFFB22 #FFFC5F #FFFD9C #FFFED9 #FFFEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FFFD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.78

#FFFD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFD9C

19.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFD9C	1.00	1.06	19.78	19.78
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 253, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.5% 0.119 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffeba',
    500: '#fffd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffd9c;
$custom-light: #fffeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 253,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97475,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.93911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFD9C

secondary

#5D60E2

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFD9C

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

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