#FDE379#FDE379

#FDE379 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.129 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE379
RGB	rgb(253, 227, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -4.10, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 54.62, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0132 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.129 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.4308, 77.2043, 29.2248)
Luminance	0.7720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE379 #7993FD

analogous

#FDA179 #FDE379 #D5FD79

triadic

#FDE379 #79FDE3 #E379FD

tetradic

#FDE379 #79FDA1 #7993FD #FD79D5

square

#FDE379 #79FDA1 #7993FD #FD79D5

split-complementary

#FDE379 #79D5FD #A179FD

monochromatic

#F8C804 #FCD63D #FDE379 #FEF0B5 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FDE379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#FDE379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE379

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE379	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 227, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.129 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeba2',
    500: '#fde379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde379;
$custom-light: #ffeba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91601,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE379

secondary

#405EDA

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE379

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

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