#FDE36F#FDE36F

#FDE36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.138 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE36F
RGB	rgb(253, 227, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 56.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -4.87, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 59.16, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0165 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.138 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.8491, 76.9716, 26.1609)
Luminance	0.7697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE36F #6F89FD

analogous

#FD9C6F #FDE36F #D0FD6F

triadic

#FDE36F #6FFDE3 #E36FFD

tetradic

#FDE36F #6FFD9C #6F89FD #FD6FD0

square

#FDE36F #6FFD9C #6F89FD #FD6FD0

split-complementary

#FDE36F #6FD0FD #9C6FFD

monochromatic

#EEC303 #FCD733 #FDE36F #FEEFAB #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FDE36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#FDE36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE36F

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE36F	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 227, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.138 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb9c',
    500: '#fde36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde36f;
$custom-light: #ffeb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 97.26,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91482,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE36F

secondary

#3755D9

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE36F

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

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