#FDE85E#FDE85E

#FDE85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.156 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE85E
RGB	rgb(253, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -8.51, 67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 68.10, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0289 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.156 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.3879, 79.4070, 22.1543)
Luminance	0.7940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE85E #5E73FD

analogous

#FD985E #FDE85E #C3FD5E

triadic

#FDE85E #5EFDE8 #E85EFD

tetradic

#FDE85E #5EFD98 #5E73FD #FD5EC3

square

#FDE85E #5EFD98 #5E73FD #FD5EC3

split-complementary

#FDE85E #5EC3FD #985EFD

monochromatic

#DEC103 #FCDF22 #FDE85E #FEF19A #FFF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FDE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#FDE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE85E

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE85E	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.156 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef91',
    500: '#fde85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde85e;
$custom-light: #ffef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 97.546,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92311,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE85E

secondary

#2940D7

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE85E

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

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