#FDE490#FDE490

#FDE490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.107 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE490
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 43.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -2.52, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 44.10, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.12% -0.0064 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(92.12% 0.107 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.2874, 78.3858, 37.6497)
Luminance	0.7838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE490 #90A9FD

analogous

#FDAE90 #FDE490 #DFFD90

triadic

#FDE490 #90FDE4 #E490FD

tetradic

#FDE490 #90FDAE #90A9FD #FD90DF

square

#FDE490 #90FDAE #90A9FD #FD90DF

split-complementary

#FDE490 #90DFFD #AE90FD

monochromatic

#FBC718 #FCD554 #FDE490 #FEF3CC #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FDE490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#FDE490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE490

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE490	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.107 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb1',
    500: '#fde490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde490;
$custom-light: #ffecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 96.46,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92122,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE490

secondary

#5373DE

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE490

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

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