#FDE478#FDE478

#FDE478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.131 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE478
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 52.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -4.68, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 55.42, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.015 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.131 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.6441, 77.7285, 28.9949)
Luminance	0.7773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE478 #7891FD

analogous

#FDA178 #FDE478 #D3FD78

triadic

#FDE478 #78FDE4 #E478FD

tetradic

#FDE478 #78FDA1 #7891FD #FD78D3

square

#FDE478 #78FDA1 #7891FD #FD78D3

split-complementary

#FDE478 #78D3FD #A178FD

monochromatic

#F7C904 #FCD83C #FDE478 #FEF0B4 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FDE478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#FDE478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE478

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE478	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.131 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca1',
    500: '#fde478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde478;
$custom-light: #ffeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91788,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE478

secondary

#3F5CDA

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE478

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

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