#FDE161#FDE161

#FDE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.149 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE161
RGB	rgb(253, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 98%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 61.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -4.83, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 64.60, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.018 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.149 97)
XYZ	xyz(69.5939, 75.5994, 22.2333)
Luminance	0.7560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE161 #617DFD

analogous

#FD9361 #FDE161 #CBFD61

triadic

#FDE161 #61FDE1 #E161FD

tetradic

#FDE161 #61FD93 #617DFD #FD61CB

square

#FDE161 #61FD93 #617DFD #FD61CB

split-complementary

#FDE161 #61CBFD #9361FD

monochromatic

#E1B903 #FCD625 #FDE161 #FEEC9D #FFF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FDE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#FDE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE161

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE161	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.149 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea93',
    500: '#fde161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde161;
$custom-light: #ffea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 97.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90936,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.75596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE161

secondary

#2B4AD7

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE161

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

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