#FDE862#FDE862

#FDE862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.153 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE862
RGB	rgb(253, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 61.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.45, -8.26, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.45, 66.45, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.35% -0.0277 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(92.35% 0.153 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.5721, 79.4807, 23.1242)
Luminance	0.7948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE862 #6277FD

analogous

#FD9B62 #FDE862 #C5FD62

triadic

#FDE862 #62FDE8 #E862FD

tetradic

#FDE862 #62FD9B #6277FD #FD62C5

square

#FDE862 #62FD9B #6277FD #FD62C5

split-complementary

#FDE862 #62C5FD #9B62FD

monochromatic

#E2C403 #FCDF26 #FDE862 #FEF19E #FFFADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FDE862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#FDE862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE862

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE862	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.153 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef94',
    500: '#fde862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde862;
$custom-light: #ffef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.871,
    "s": 97.484,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92348,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE862

secondary

#2C43D7

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE862

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

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