#FDE799#FDE799

#FDE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.100 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE799
RGB	rgb(253, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 39.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.84, -3.11, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.84, 40.81, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.86% -0.0074 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(92.86% 0.1 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.8353, 80.3369, 41.6954)
Luminance	0.8033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE799 #99AFFD

analogous

#FDB599 #FDE799 #E1FD99

triadic

#FDE799 #99FDE7 #E799FD

tetradic

#FDE799 #99FDB5 #99AFFD #FD99E1

square

#FDE799 #99FDB5 #99AFFD #FD99E1

split-complementary

#FDE799 #99E1FD #B599FD

monochromatic

#FBCB21 #FCD95D #FDE799 #FEF5D5 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FDE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#FDE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE799

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE799	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.100 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeb8',
    500: '#fde799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde799;
$custom-light: #ffeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92859,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE799

secondary

#5B78DF

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE799

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

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