#FDE8A1#FDE8A1

#FDE8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.092 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE8A1
RGB	rgb(253, 232, 161)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 36.4%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.21, -2.74, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.21, 37.27, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(93.19% -0.0057 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(93.19% 0.092 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.7990, 81.1715, 45.3862)
Luminance	0.8117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE8A1 #A1B6FD

analogous

#FDBAA1 #FDE8A1 #E4FDA1

triadic

#FDE8A1 #A1FDE8 #E8A1FD

tetradic

#FDE8A1 #A1FDBA #A1B6FD #FDA1E4

square

#FDE8A1 #A1FDBA #A1B6FD #FDA1E4

split-complementary

#FDE8A1 #A1E4FD #BAA1FD

monochromatic

#FACB29 #FCD965 #FDE8A1 #FEF7DD #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FDE8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#FDE8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE8A1

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE8A1	1.00	1.22	17.23	17.23
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEBA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 232, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.092 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefbd',
    500: '#fde8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde8a1;
$custom-light: #ffefbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.304,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93192,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE8A1

secondary

#627FE0

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE8A1

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

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