#FDE474#FDE474

#FDE474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.135 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE474
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 54.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, -5.00, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 57.24, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0164 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.135 97)
XYZ	xyz(71.4064, 77.6334, 27.7431)
Luminance	0.7763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE474 #748DFD

analogous

#FDA074 #FDE474 #D2FD74

triadic

#FDE474 #74FDE4 #E474FD

tetradic

#FDE474 #74FDA0 #748DFD #FD74D2

square

#FDE474 #74FDA0 #748DFD #FD74D2

split-complementary

#FDE474 #74D2FD #A074FD

monochromatic

#F3C703 #FCD838 #FDE474 #FEF0B0 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FDE474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#FDE474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE474

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE474	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.135 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9f',
    500: '#fde474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde474;
$custom-light: #ffec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 97.163,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91739,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.7763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE474

secondary

#3B58DA

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE474

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

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