Custard Color
Custard is a yellow color with hex code #FFFD78. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with custard, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Custard Color Values
What Does Custard Mean?
Custard belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. As a lighter shade, Custard reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Custard is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: brilliant greenish yellow, #E9E450).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Custard
Custard and #7A7DFF are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #FFBA7A and #BFFF7A, which sit beside custard on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair custard with triadic partners #7AFFFD and #FD7AFF. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Light Yellow —
#FFFE7A(Delta E 1) - Butter Yellow —
#FFFD74(Delta E 2) - Banana —
#FFFF7E(Delta E 2) - Faded Yellow —
#FEFF7F(Delta E 3) - Pastel Yellow —
#FFFE71(Delta E 3)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #FFFD78; }
.background { background-color: #FFFD78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #FFFD78; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #FFFD7840; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for custard?
Custard has the hex code #FFFD78. In RGB notation it is rgb(255, 253, 120), in HSL it is hsl(59, 100%, 74%), and its OKLCH value is 0.97, 0.154, 108.2.
What does the color custard mean?
Yellow-family colors like custard carry distinct psychological associations. Custard belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. As a lighter shade, Custard reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with custard?
Custard has three easy routes: its complement #7A7DFF for punch, its neighbors #FFBA7A and #BFFF7A for something calmer, or triadic partners #7AFFFD and #FD7AFF when you want energy.
Is custard a standard web color?
No — Custard is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #FFFD78 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make custard lighter or darker?
To lighten custard, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FFFFEB (lightest tint) to #3D3C00 (darkest shade).
About Custard
Custard is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #FFFD78 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.