#FDDA4E#FDDA4E
#FDDA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.157 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FDDA4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(253, 218, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 98%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 69%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69.2%, 0.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.77, -2.37, 70.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.77, 70.22, 91.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.38% -0.0131 0.1567) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.38% 0.157 94.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.9580, 71.5791, 17.4956) |
| Luminance | 0.7158 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 1.33
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.66
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.78
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 2.93
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.03
Banana
#FFE135
ΔE00 3.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FDDA4E #4E71FD
analogous
#FD834E #FDDA4E #C8FD4E
triadic
#FDDA4E #4EFDDA #DA4EFD
tetradic
#FDDA4E #4EFD83 #4E71FD #FD4EC8
square
#FDDA4E #4EFD83 #4E71FD #FD4EC8
split-complementary
#FDDA4E #4EC8FD #834EFD
monochromatic
#CEA502 #FCCD11 #FDDA4E #FEE78B #FEF3C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.37
#FDDA4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.32
#FDDA4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FDDA4E
15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FDDA4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FDDA4E | 1.00 | 1.37 | 15.32 | 15.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0D63A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E156
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC9BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fdda4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 218, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.157 94.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffe587',
500: '#fdda4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fdda4e; $custom-light: #ffe587; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fdda4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 253,
"g": 218,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48,
"s": 97.765,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8938,
"c": 0.15724,
"h": 94.8
},
"luminance": 0.71576
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FDDA4E
secondary
#2646C9
accent
#2EE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#19150C
muted
#87847F