#FDE56F#FDE56F

#FDE56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.140 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE56F
RGB	rgb(253, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 97%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 56.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -5.88, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 59.82, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0194 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.14 98)
XYZ	xyz(71.3992, 78.0720, 26.3443)
Luminance	0.7807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE56F #6F87FD

analogous

#FD9E6F #FDE56F #CEFD6F

triadic

#FDE56F #6FFDE5 #E56FFD

tetradic

#FDE56F #6FFD9E #6F87FD #FD6FCE

square

#FDE56F #6FFD9E #6F87FD #FD6FCE

split-complementary

#FDE56F #6FCEFD #9E6FFD

monochromatic

#EEC703 #FCDA33 #FDE56F #FEF0AB #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FDE56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#FDE56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE56F

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE56F	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.140 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9c',
    500: '#fde56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde56f;
$custom-light: #ffec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 97.26,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91881,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.78069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE56F

secondary

#3753D9

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE56F

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

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