#FDE8A2#FDE8A2

#FDE8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.091 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE8A2
RGB	rgb(253, 232, 162)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 36%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.22, -2.63, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.22, 36.78, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.21% -0.0053 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(93.21% 0.091 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.8876, 81.2069, 45.8524)
Luminance	0.8121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE8A2 #A2B7FD

analogous

#FDBBA2 #FDE8A2 #E5FDA2

triadic

#FDE8A2 #A2FDE8 #E8A2FD

tetradic

#FDE8A2 #A2FDBB #A2B7FD #FDA2E5

square

#FDE8A2 #A2FDBB #A2B7FD #FDA2E5

split-complementary

#FDE8A2 #A2E5FD #BBA2FD

monochromatic

#FACA2A #FCD966 #FDE8A2 #FEF7DE #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FDE8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#FDE8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE8A2

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE8A2	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCECA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 232, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.091 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefbe',
    500: '#fde8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde8a2;
$custom-light: #ffefbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 95.789,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9321,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE8A2

secondary

#6380E0

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE8A2

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

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