#FDE475#FDE475

#FDE475 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.134 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE475
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 117)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 53.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -4.92, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 56.79, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.016 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.134 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.4649, 77.6568, 28.0511)
Luminance	0.7765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE475 #758EFD

analogous

#FDA075 #FDE475 #D2FD75

triadic

#FDE475 #75FDE4 #E475FD

tetradic

#FDE475 #75FDA0 #758EFD #FD75D2

square

#FDE475 #75FDA0 #758EFD #FD75D2

split-complementary

#FDE475 #75D2FD #A075FD

monochromatic

#F4C804 #FCD839 #FDE475 #FEF0B1 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FDE475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#FDE475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE475

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE475	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)

#F7DF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.134 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9f',
    500: '#fde475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde475;
$custom-light: #ffec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 97.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91751,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE475

secondary

#3C59DA

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE475

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

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