#FDDE79#FDDE79

#FDDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDDE79
RGB	rgb(253, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -1.57, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 52.99, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0059 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.0831, 74.5089, 28.7756)
Luminance	0.7451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDDE79 #7998FD

analogous

#FD9C79 #FDDE79 #DAFD79

triadic

#FDDE79 #79FDDE #DE79FD

tetradic

#FDDE79 #79FD9C #7998FD #FD79DA

square

#FDDE79 #79FD9C #7998FD #FD79DA

split-complementary

#FDDE79 #79DAFD #9C79FD

monochromatic

#F8BF04 #FCCF3D #FDDE79 #FEEDB5 #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FDDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#FDDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDDE79

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDDE79	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdde79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a2',
    500: '#fdde79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdde79;
$custom-light: #ffe8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdde79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90611,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDDE79

secondary

#4064DA

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDDE79

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

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