#FDE465#FDE465

#FDE465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.148 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE465
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 60.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -6.07, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 63.86, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.57% -0.0211 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(91.57% 0.148 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.6033, 77.3122, 23.5132)
Luminance	0.7731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE465 #657EFD

analogous

#FD9865 #FDE465 #CAFD65

triadic

#FDE465 #65FDE4 #E465FD

tetradic

#FDE465 #65FD98 #657EFD #FD65CA

square

#FDE465 #65FD98 #657EFD #FD65CA

split-complementary

#FDE465 #65CAFD #9865FD

monochromatic

#E5C003 #FCD929 #FDE465 #FEEFA1 #FFF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FDE465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#FDE465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE465

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE465	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.148 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec95',
    500: '#fde465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde465;
$custom-light: #ffec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.132,
    "s": 97.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91575,
    "c": 0.14765,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE465

secondary

#2F4AD8

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE465

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

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