#FDE581#FDE581

#FDE581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.123 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE581
RGB	rgb(253, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -4.43, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 51.58, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.1% -0.0133 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(92.1% 0.123 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.4921, 78.5091, 32.0999)
Luminance	0.7851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE581 #8199FD

analogous

#FDA781 #FDE581 #D7FD81

triadic

#FDE581 #81FDE5 #E581FD

tetradic

#FDE581 #81FDA7 #8199FD #FD81D7

square

#FDE581 #81FDA7 #8199FD #FD81D7

split-complementary

#FDE581 #81D7FD #A781FD

monochromatic

#FBCC09 #FCD945 #FDE581 #FEF1BD #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FDE581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#FDE581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE581

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE581	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.123 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeda7',
    500: '#fde581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde581;
$custom-light: #ffeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 96.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92103,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE581

secondary

#4763DC

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE581

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

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