#FDE46F#FDE46F
#FDE46F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.139 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FDE46F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(253, 228, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 97%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 56%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56.1%, 0.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.56, -5.38, 59.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.56, 59.49, 95.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.68% -0.018 0.1381) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.68% 0.139 97.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(71.1234, 77.5202, 26.2524) |
| Luminance | 0.7752 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 0.80
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.06
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 2.01
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.82
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.14
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FDE46F #6F88FD
analogous
#FD9D6F #FDE46F #CFFD6F
triadic
#FDE46F #6FFDE4 #E46FFD
tetradic
#FDE46F #6FFD9D #6F88FD #FD6FCF
square
#FDE46F #6FFD9D #6F88FD #FD6FCF
split-complementary
#FDE46F #6FCFFD #9D6FFD
monochromatic
#EEC503 #FCD933 #FDE46F #FEEFAB #FFF9E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.27
#FDE46F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.50
#FDE46F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FDE46F
16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FDE46F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FDE46F | 1.00 | 1.27 | 16.50 | 16.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DF63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FEE874
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD5CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E4E4E4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fde46f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.139 97.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffec9c',
500: '#fde46f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fde46f; $custom-light: #ffec9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fde46f",
"rgb": {
"r": 253,
"g": 228,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.437,
"s": 97.26,
"l": 71.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91681,
"c": 0.13922,
"h": 97.4
},
"luminance": 0.77517
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FDE46F
secondary
#3754D9
accent
#28E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F