HEX atlas value

#FDFD96

#FDFD96 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Pastel Yellow. RGB 253, 253, 150, HSL 60° 96% 79%, luminance 0.9334; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm pastel

#FDFD96 Sample readable text

HEX #FDFD96

RGB rgb(253, 253, 150)

HSL hsl(60 96% 79%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 41, 1)

Luminance 0.9334

Contrast Black 19.67:1White 1.07:1

CSS

--color-fdfd96: #FDFD96;
.background-fdfd96 { background-color: #FDFD96; }
.text-fdfd96 { color: #FDFD96; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FDFD96

#FDFD96 is classified as a warm yellow value with pastel visual character. #FDFD96 is visually closest to Pastel Yellow, a named yellow color with HEX #FDFD96.

The RGB channels are 253, 253, and 150, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 96% saturation and 79% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.9334, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.67:1AA Pass

White text1.07:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FDFD96 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.67:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.07:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

Ivory#FFFFF0 · #000000 text · best 20.81:1 #FFFF94#FFFF94 · #000000 text · best 19.98:1 #FBFB3C#FBFB3C · #000000 text · best 18.97:1 Butter#FFF1A8 · #000000 text · best 18.4:1 #C9FD96#C9FD96 · #000000 text · best 17.97:1

Generated Palette

Pastel Yellow#FDFD96

#9696FD#9696FD

#FDC996#FDC996

#C9FD96#C9FD96

Ivory#FFFFF0

#FBFB3C#FBFB3C

Color Harmonies

#9696FD#9696FD

#FDC996#FDC996

#C9FD96#C9FD96

#96FDFD#96FDFD

#FD96FD#FD96FD

Variants

Ivory#FFFFF0

#FBFB3C#FBFB3C

#FFFF94#FFFF94

#F1F1A2#F1F1A2

White#FFFFFF

#FFFFBD#FFFFBD

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Yellow#FDFD96

Butter#FFF1A8

Khaki#F0E68C

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Luminance0.9334

Black text19.67:1AA Pass

White text1.07:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FDFD96","rgb":[253,253,150],"hsl":[60,96,79],"cmyk":[0,0,41,1],"luminance":0.9334,"contrast":{"black":19.67,"white":1.07}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.67,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.07,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Ivory","hex":"#FFFFF0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.81,"contrastWhite":1.01,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFFF94","hex":"#FFFF94","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.98,"contrastWhite":1.05,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FBFB3C","hex":"#FBFB3C","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.97,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Butter","hex":"#FFF1A8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.4,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C9FD96","hex":"#C9FD96","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.97,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","pastel","pastel yellow","Pastel Yellow adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fdfd96.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/butter.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/khaki.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#9696FD","analogous":["#FDC996","#C9FD96"],"triadic":["#96FDFD","#FD96FD"],"tetradic":["#96FDC9","#9696FD","#FD96C9"],"splitComplementary":["#96C9FD","#C996FD"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFF0","#FDFD96","#FBFB3C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFF0","dark":"#FBFB3C","saturated":"#FFFF94","desaturated":"#F1F1A2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFBD"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-yellow","name":"Pastel Yellow","hex":"#FDFD96","distance":0},{"slug":"butter","name":"Butter","hex":"#FFF1A8","distance":21.72556098240043},{"slug":"khaki","name":"Khaki","hex":"#F0E68C","distance":28.24889378365107},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":32.64965543462902},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":33.421549934136806}]

#FDFD96

CSS

About #FDFD96

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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