#FDDE76#FDDE76

#FDDE76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.128 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDDE76
RGB	rgb(253, 222, 118)
HSL	hsl(46, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 53.4%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -1.82, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 54.37, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0069 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.128 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.9020, 74.4364, 27.8217)
Luminance	0.7443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDDE76 #7695FD

analogous

#FD9A76 #FDDE76 #D9FD76

triadic

#FDDE76 #76FDDE #DE76FD

tetradic

#FDDE76 #76FD9A #7695FD #FD76D9

square

#FDDE76 #76FD9A #7695FD #FD76D9

split-complementary

#FDDE76 #76D9FD #9A76FD

monochromatic

#F5BE04 #FCCF3A #FDDE76 #FEEDB2 #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FDDE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#FDDE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDDE76

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDDE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDDE76	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdde76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 222, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.128 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a0',
    500: '#fdde76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdde76;
$custom-light: #ffe8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdde76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 97.122,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90573,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDDE76

secondary

#3D61DA

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDDE76

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

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