#FDE87E#FDE87E

#FDE87E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.129 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE87E
RGB	rgb(253, 232, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 97%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 50.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.73, -6.19, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.73, 54.04, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0187 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.129 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.1328, 80.1050, 31.3441)
Luminance	0.8010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE87E #7E93FD

analogous

#FDA97E #FDE87E #D3FD7E

triadic

#FDE87E #7EFDE8 #E87EFD

tetradic

#FDE87E #7EFDA9 #7E93FD #FD7ED3

square

#FDE87E #7EFDA9 #7E93FD #FD7ED3

split-complementary

#FDE87E #7ED3FD #A97EFD

monochromatic

#FBD305 #FCDD42 #FDE87E #FEF3BA #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FDE87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#FDE87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE87E

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE87E	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 232, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.129 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa6',
    500: '#fde87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde87e;
$custom-light: #ffefa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 96.947,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92661,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE87E

secondary

#445DDB

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE87E

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

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