#FDE079#FDE079

#FDE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.127 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE079
RGB	rgb(253, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -2.59, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 53.63, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0088 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.127 94)
XYZ	xyz(70.6174, 75.5776, 28.9537)
Luminance	0.7557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE079 #7996FD

analogous

#FD9E79 #FDE079 #D8FD79

triadic

#FDE079 #79FDE0 #E079FD

tetradic

#FDE079 #79FD9E #7996FD #FD79D8

square

#FDE079 #79FD9E #7996FD #FD79D8

split-complementary

#FDE079 #79D8FD #9E79FD

monochromatic

#F8C204 #FCD23D #FDE079 #FEEEB5 #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FDE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#FDE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE079

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE079	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.127 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe9a2',
    500: '#fde079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde079;
$custom-light: #ffe9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91006,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.75574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE079

secondary

#4062DA

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE079

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

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