#FDE697#FDE697

#FDE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.101 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE697
RGB	rgb(253, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 40.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -2.82, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 41.42, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.63% -0.0067 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(92.63% 0.101 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.3925, 79.7132, 40.7397)
Luminance	0.7971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE697 #97AEFD

analogous

#FDB397 #FDE697 #E1FD97

triadic

#FDE697 #97FDE6 #E697FD

tetradic

#FDE697 #97FDB3 #97AEFD #FD97E1

square

#FDE697 #97FDB3 #97AEFD #FD97E1

split-complementary

#FDE697 #97E1FD #B397FD

monochromatic

#FBC91F #FCD85B #FDE697 #FEF4D3 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FDE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#FDE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE697

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE697	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.101 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb6',
    500: '#fde697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde697;
$custom-light: #ffedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92628,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE697

secondary

#5978DF

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE697

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

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