#FDE679#FDE679

#FDE679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.132 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE679
RGB	rgb(253, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -5.60, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 55.64, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.0176 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.132 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.2585, 78.8597, 29.5007)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE679 #7990FD

analogous

#FDA479 #FDE679 #D2FD79

triadic

#FDE679 #79FDE6 #E679FD

tetradic

#FDE679 #79FDA4 #7990FD #FD79D2

square

#FDE679 #79FDA4 #7990FD #FD79D2

split-complementary

#FDE679 #79D2FD #A479FD

monochromatic

#F8CD04 #FCDB3D #FDE679 #FEF1B5 #FFF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FDE679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#FDE679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE679

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE679	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.132 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeda2',
    500: '#fde679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde679;
$custom-light: #ffeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92199,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE679

secondary

#405BDA

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE679

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

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