#FDE479#FDE479

#FDE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.130 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE479
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -4.60, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 54.96, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0147 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.13 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.7051, 77.7529, 29.3162)
Luminance	0.7775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE479 #7992FD

analogous

#FDA279 #FDE479 #D4FD79

triadic

#FDE479 #79FDE4 #E479FD

tetradic

#FDE479 #79FDA2 #7992FD #FD79D4

square

#FDE479 #79FDA2 #7992FD #FD79D4

split-complementary

#FDE479 #79D4FD #A279FD

monochromatic

#F8CA04 #FCD83D #FDE479 #FEF0B5 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FDE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#FDE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE479

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE479	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)

#F7DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.130 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca2',
    500: '#fde479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde479;
$custom-light: #ffeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.918,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE479

secondary

#405DDA

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE479

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

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