#FDE498#FDE498

#FDE498 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.099 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE498
RGB	rgb(253, 228, 152)
HSL	hsl(45, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 39.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.07, -1.70, 40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.07, 40.24, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0033 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.099 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.9206, 78.6391, 40.9847)
Luminance	0.7864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE498 #98B1FD

analogous

#FDB298 #FDE498 #E3FD98

triadic

#FDE498 #98FDE4 #E498FD

tetradic

#FDE498 #98FDB2 #98B1FD #FD98E3

square

#FDE498 #98FDB2 #98B1FD #FD98E3

split-complementary

#FDE498 #98E3FD #B298FD

monochromatic

#FBC520 #FCD45C #FDE498 #FEF4D4 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FDE498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#FDE498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE498

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE498	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 228, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.099 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb7',
    500: '#fde498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde498;
$custom-light: #ffecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 96.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9225,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE498

secondary

#5A7BDF

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE498

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

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