#FDE26E#FDE26E
#FDE26E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.139 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FDE26E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(253, 226, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 97%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 57%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56.5%, 0.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.05, -4.45, 59.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.05, 59.27, 94.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.27% -0.0154 0.1377) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.27% 0.139 96.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.5216, 76.4043, 25.7817) |
| Luminance | 0.7640 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 0.37
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 0.88
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 1.35
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.32
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.22
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FDE26E #6E89FD
analogous
#FD9A6E #FDE26E #D1FD6E
triadic
#FDE26E #6EFDE2 #E26EFD
tetradic
#FDE26E #6EFD9A #6E89FD #FD6ED1
square
#FDE26E #6EFD9A #6E89FD #FD6ED1
split-complementary
#FDE26E #6ED1FD #9A6EFD
monochromatic
#EDC103 #FCD632 #FDE26E #FEEEAA #FFF9E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.29
#FDE26E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.28
#FDE26E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FDE26E
16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FDE26E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FDE26E | 1.00 | 1.29 | 16.28 | 16.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DD63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FDE673
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD3C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fde26e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 226, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.139 96.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffea9b',
500: '#fde26e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fde26e; $custom-light: #ffea9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fde26e",
"rgb": {
"r": 253,
"g": 226,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.671,
"s": 97.279,
"l": 71.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91271,
"c": 0.13851,
"h": 96.4
},
"luminance": 0.76401
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FDE26E
secondary
#3655D9
accent
#2BE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F