#FDDE72#FDDE72

#FDDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.132 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDDE72
RGB	rgb(253, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 54.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -2.13, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 56.20, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0083 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.132 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.6693, 74.3434, 26.5963)
Luminance	0.7434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDDE72 #7291FD

analogous

#FD9972 #FDDE72 #D6FD72

triadic

#FDDE72 #72FDDE #DE72FD

tetradic

#FDDE72 #72FD99 #7291FD #FD72D6

square

#FDDE72 #72FD99 #7291FD #FD72D6

split-complementary

#FDDE72 #72D6FD #9972FD

monochromatic

#F1BC03 #FCD036 #FDDE72 #FEECAE #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FDDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#FDDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDDE72

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDDE72	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdde72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.132 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe89d',
    500: '#fdde72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdde72;
$custom-light: #ffe89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdde72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 97.203,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90524,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDDE72

secondary

#3A5DD9

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDDE72

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

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