#FDE565#FDE565

#FDE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.148 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE565
RGB	rgb(253, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -6.57, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 64.19, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0226 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.148 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.8791, 77.8639, 23.6051)
Luminance	0.7786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE565 #657DFD

analogous

#FD9965 #FDE565 #C9FD65

triadic

#FDE565 #65FDE5 #E565FD

tetradic

#FDE565 #65FD99 #657DFD #FD65C9

square

#FDE565 #65FD99 #657DFD #FD65C9

split-complementary

#FDE565 #65C9FD #9965FD

monochromatic

#E5C103 #FCDB29 #FDE565 #FEEFA1 #FFF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FDE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#FDE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE565

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE565	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.148 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec95',
    500: '#fde565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde565;
$custom-light: #ffec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 97.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91775,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE565

secondary

#2F49D8

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE565

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

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