#FDE06A#FDE06A

#FDE06A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.140 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE06A
RGB	rgb(253, 224, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 58.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -3.73, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 60.41, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0138 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.14 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.7680, 75.2378, 24.4803)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE06A #6A87FD

analogous

#FD966A #FDE06A #D1FD6A

triadic

#FDE06A #6AFDE0 #E06AFD

tetradic

#FDE06A #6AFD96 #6A87FD #FD6AD1

square

#FDE06A #6AFD96 #6A87FD #FD6AD1

split-complementary

#FDE06A #6AD1FD #966AFD

monochromatic

#E9BC03 #FCD32E #FDE06A #FEEDA6 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FDE06A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#FDE06A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE06A

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE06A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE06A	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde06a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 224, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.140 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe998',
    500: '#fde06a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde06a;
$custom-light: #ffe998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde06a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 97.351,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90829,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE06A

secondary

#3354D8

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE06A

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

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