#FDE16C#FDE16C

#FDE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.139 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE16C
RGB	rgb(253, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 57.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -4.09, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 59.84, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0146 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.139 96)
XYZ	xyz(70.1428, 75.8190, 25.1243)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE16C #6C88FD

analogous

#FD986C #FDE16C #D0FD6C

triadic

#FDE16C #6CFDE1 #E16CFD

tetradic

#FDE16C #6CFD98 #6C88FD #FD6CD0

square

#FDE16C #6CFD98 #6C88FD #FD6CD0

split-complementary

#FDE16C #6CD0FD #986CFD

monochromatic

#EBBF03 #FCD530 #FDE16C #FEEDA8 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FDE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FDE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE16C

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE16C	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)

#F5DD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.139 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9a',
    500: '#fde16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde16c;
$custom-light: #ffea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 97.315,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9105,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.75816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE16C

secondary

#3554D9

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE16C

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

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