#FDE162#FDE162

#FDE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.148 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE162
RGB	rgb(253, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -4.77, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 64.18, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0177 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.148 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.6408, 75.6182, 22.4804)
Luminance	0.7561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE162 #627EFD

analogous

#FD9462 #FDE162 #CCFD62

triadic

#FDE162 #62FDE1 #E162FD

tetradic

#FDE162 #62FD94 #627EFD #FD62CC

square

#FDE162 #62FD94 #627EFD #FD62CC

split-complementary

#FDE162 #62CCFD #9462FD

monochromatic

#E2B903 #FCD526 #FDE162 #FEED9E #FFF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FDE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#FDE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE162

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE162	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)

#F5DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.148 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea93',
    500: '#fde162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde162;
$custom-light: #ffea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90946,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE162

secondary

#2C4BD7

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE162

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

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