#FDE698#FDE698

#FDE698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.100 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE698
RGB	rgb(253, 230, 152)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 39.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -2.71, 40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 40.93, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(92.65% -0.0063 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(92.65% 0.1 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.4740, 79.7459, 41.1692)
Luminance	0.7974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE698 #98AFFD

analogous

#FDB498 #FDE698 #E1FD98

triadic

#FDE698 #98FDE6 #E698FD

tetradic

#FDE698 #98FDB4 #98AFFD #FD98E1

square

#FDE698 #98FDB4 #98AFFD #FD98E1

split-complementary

#FDE698 #98E1FD #B498FD

monochromatic

#FBC920 #FCD75C #FDE698 #FEF5D4 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FDE698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FDE698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE698

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE698	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 230, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.100 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb7',
    500: '#fde698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde698;
$custom-light: #ffedb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.337,
    "s": 96.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92645,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE698

secondary

#5A79DF

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE698

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

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