#FDE481#FDE481

#FDE481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.122 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE481
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 49%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -3.92, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 51.24, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0119 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.122 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.2162, 77.9573, 32.0079)
Luminance	0.7795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE481 #819AFD

analogous

#FDA681 #FDE481 #D8FD81

triadic

#FDE481 #81FDE4 #E481FD

tetradic

#FDE481 #81FDA6 #819AFD #FD81D8

square

#FDE481 #81FDA6 #819AFD #FD81D8

split-complementary

#FDE481 #81D8FD #A681FD

monochromatic

#FBCA09 #FCD745 #FDE481 #FEF1BD #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FDE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FDE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE481

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE481	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.122 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca7',
    500: '#fde481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde481;
$custom-light: #ffeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 96.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91904,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE481

secondary

#4765DC

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE481

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

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