#FDE861#FDE861

#FDE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.154 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE861
RGB	rgb(253, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 98%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 61.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -8.33, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 66.87, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.028 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.154 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.5252, 79.4619, 22.8771)
Luminance	0.7946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE861 #6176FD

analogous

#FD9A61 #FDE861 #C4FD61

triadic

#FDE861 #61FDE8 #E861FD

tetradic

#FDE861 #61FD9A #6176FD #FD61C4

square

#FDE861 #61FD9A #6176FD #FD61C4

split-complementary

#FDE861 #61C4FD #9A61FD

monochromatic

#E1C303 #FCDF25 #FDE861 #FEF19D #FFFADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FDE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#FDE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE861

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE861	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.154 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef93',
    500: '#fde861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde861;
$custom-light: #ffef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 97.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92339,
    "c": 0.15408,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE861

secondary

#2B42D7

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE861

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

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