#FDE596#FDE596

#FDE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.102 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE596
RGB	rgb(253, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 40.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -2.42, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 41.55, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(92.42% -0.0056 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(92.42% 0.102 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.0341, 79.1259, 40.2213)
Luminance	0.7912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE596 #96AEFD

analogous

#FDB296 #FDE596 #E2FD96

triadic

#FDE596 #96FDE5 #E596FD

tetradic

#FDE596 #96FDB2 #96AEFD #FD96E2

square

#FDE596 #96FDB2 #96AEFD #FD96E2

split-complementary

#FDE596 #96E2FD #B296FD

monochromatic

#FBC71E #FCD65A #FDE596 #FEF4D2 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FDE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#FDE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE596

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE596	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.102 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#fde596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde596;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92415,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE596

secondary

#5978DF

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE596

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

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