#FDE178#FDE178

#FDE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.129 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE178
RGB	rgb(253, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 52.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -3.17, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 54.42, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0106 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.129 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.8260, 76.0922, 28.7222)
Luminance	0.7609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE178 #7894FD

analogous

#FD9E78 #FDE178 #D7FD78

triadic

#FDE178 #78FDE1 #E178FD

tetradic

#FDE178 #78FD9E #7894FD #FD78D7

square

#FDE178 #78FD9E #7894FD #FD78D7

split-complementary

#FDE178 #78D7FD #9E78FD

monochromatic

#F7C404 #FCD43C #FDE178 #FEEEB4 #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FDE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#FDE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE178

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE178	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.129 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa1',
    500: '#fde178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde178;
$custom-light: #ffeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91191,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE178

secondary

#3F60DA

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE178

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

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