#FDE265#FDE265

#FDE265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.146 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE265
RGB	rgb(253, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 60.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -5.07, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 63.21, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0182 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.146 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.0562, 76.2181, 23.3308)
Luminance	0.7621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE265 #6580FD

analogous

#FD9665 #FDE265 #CCFD65

triadic

#FDE265 #65FDE2 #E265FD

tetradic

#FDE265 #65FD96 #6580FD #FD65CC

square

#FDE265 #65FD96 #6580FD #FD65CC

split-complementary

#FDE265 #65CCFD #9665FD

monochromatic

#E5BD03 #FCD729 #FDE265 #FEEDA1 #FFF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FDE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#FDE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE265

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE265	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.146 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea95',
    500: '#fde265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde265;
$custom-light: #ffea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.342,
    "s": 97.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91175,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE265

secondary

#2F4DD8

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE265

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

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