#FDE495#FDE495

#FDE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.102 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE495
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 41.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.03, -2.01, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.03, 41.69, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.0045 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.102 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.6780, 78.5421, 39.7071)
Luminance	0.7854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE495 #95AEFD

analogous

#FDB095 #FDE495 #E2FD95

triadic

#FDE495 #95FDE4 #E495FD

tetradic

#FDE495 #95FDB0 #95AEFD #FD95E2

square

#FDE495 #95FDB0 #95AEFD #FD95E2

split-complementary

#FDE495 #95E2FD #B095FD

monochromatic

#FBC51D #FCD559 #FDE495 #FEF3D1 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FDE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#FDE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE495

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE495	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.102 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb5',
    500: '#fde495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde495;
$custom-light: #ffecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 96.296,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92201,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE495

secondary

#5878DE

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE495

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

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