#FDE587#FDE587

#FDE587 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.117 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE587
RGB	rgb(253, 229, 135)
HSL	hsl(48, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 46.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -3.89, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 48.75, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(92.19% -0.0112 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(92.19% 0.117 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.9027, 78.6733, 34.2623)
Luminance	0.7867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE587 #879FFD

analogous

#FDAA87 #FDE587 #DAFD87

triadic

#FDE587 #87FDE5 #E587FD

tetradic

#FDE587 #87FDAA #879FFD #FD87DA

square

#FDE587 #87FDAA #879FFD #FD87DA

split-complementary

#FDE587 #87DAFD #AA87FD

monochromatic

#FBCB0F #FCD84B #FDE587 #FEF2C3 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FDE587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#FDE587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE587

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE587	1.00	1.25	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.25	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)

#F6E17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 229, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.117 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedab',
    500: '#fde587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde587;
$custom-light: #ffedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 96.721,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92186,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE587

secondary

#4C69DC

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE587

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

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