#FDE56B#FDE56B

#FDE56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.143 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE56B
RGB	rgb(253, 229, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 57.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -6.17, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 61.59, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0207 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.143 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.1839, 77.9859, 25.2103)
Luminance	0.7798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE56B #6B83FD

analogous

#FD9C6B #FDE56B #CCFD6B

triadic

#FDE56B #6BFDE5 #E56BFD

tetradic

#FDE56B #6BFD9C #6B83FD #FD6BCC

square

#FDE56B #6BFD9C #6B83FD #FD6BCC

split-complementary

#FDE56B #6BCCFD #9C6BFD

monochromatic

#EAC403 #FCDA2F #FDE56B #FEF0A7 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FDE56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#FDE56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE56B

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE56B	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 229, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.143 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec99',
    500: '#fde56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde56b;
$custom-light: #ffec99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 97.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91837,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE56B

secondary

#344FD8

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE56B

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

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