#FDE477#FDE477

#FDE477 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.132 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE477
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 53%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -4.76, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 55.87, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0153 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.132 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.5837, 77.7044, 28.6770)
Luminance	0.7770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE477 #7790FD

analogous

#FDA177 #FDE477 #D3FD77

triadic

#FDE477 #77FDE4 #E477FD

tetradic

#FDE477 #77FDA1 #7790FD #FD77D3

square

#FDE477 #77FDA1 #7790FD #FD77D3

split-complementary

#FDE477 #77D3FD #A177FD

monochromatic

#F6C904 #FCD83B #FDE477 #FEF0B3 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FDE477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#FDE477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE477

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE477	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.132 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca1',
    500: '#fde477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde477;
$custom-light: #ffeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 97.101,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91775,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE477

secondary

#3E5BDA

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE477

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

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