#FDE896#FDE896

#FDE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.104 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE896
RGB	rgb(253, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 40.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.04, -3.93, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.04, 42.63, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(93.01% -0.01 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(93.01% 0.104 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.8714, 80.8004, 40.5004)
Luminance	0.8080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE896 #96ABFD

analogous

#FDB596 #FDE896 #DFFD96

triadic

#FDE896 #96FDE8 #E896FD

tetradic

#FDE896 #96FDB5 #96ABFD #FD96DF

square

#FDE896 #96FDB5 #96ABFD #FD96DF

split-complementary

#FDE896 #96DFFD #B596FD

monochromatic

#FBCE1E #FCDB5A #FDE896 #FEF5D2 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FDE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#FDE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE896

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE896	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.104 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb6',
    500: '#fde896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde896;
$custom-light: #ffefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93008,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE896

secondary

#5974DF

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE896

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

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