#FDDE5F#FDDE5F

#FDDE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.148 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDDE5F
RGB	rgb(253, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -3.44, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 64.53, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0143 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.148 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.6979, 73.9548, 21.4804)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDDE5F #5F7EFD

analogous

#FD8F5F #FDDE5F #CDFD5F

triadic

#FDDE5F #5FFDDE #DE5FFD

tetradic

#FDDE5F #5FFD8F #5F7EFD #FD5FCD

square

#FDDE5F #5FFD8F #5F7EFD #FD5FCD

split-complementary

#FDDE5F #5FCDFD #8F5FFD

monochromatic

#DFB403 #FCD223 #FDDE5F #FEEA9B #FFF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FDDE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#FDDE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDDE5F

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDDE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDDE5F	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdde5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.148 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe891',
    500: '#fdde5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdde5f;
$custom-light: #ffe891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdde5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.228,
    "s": 97.531,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9032,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDDE5F

secondary

#294BD7

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDDE5F

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

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