#FDE16B#FDE16B

#FDE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.140 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE16B
RGB	rgb(253, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 57.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -4.16, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 60.28, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0149 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.14 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.0899, 75.7978, 24.8456)
Luminance	0.7580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE16B #6B87FD

analogous

#FD986B #FDE16B #D0FD6B

triadic

#FDE16B #6BFDE1 #E16BFD

tetradic

#FDE16B #6BFD98 #6B87FD #FD6BD0

square

#FDE16B #6BFD98 #6B87FD #FD6BD0

split-complementary

#FDE16B #6BD0FD #986BFD

monochromatic

#EABE03 #FCD52F #FDE16B #FEEDA7 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FDE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FDE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE16B

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE16B	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.140 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea99',
    500: '#fde16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde16b;
$custom-light: #ffea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 97.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91039,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE16B

secondary

#3453D8

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE16B

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

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