#FDE8A5#FDE8A5

#FDE8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.088 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE8A5
RGB	rgb(253, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 34.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.27, -2.29, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.27, 35.31, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(93.26% -0.0042 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(93.26% 0.088 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.1574, 81.3148, 47.2736)
Luminance	0.8131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE8A5 #A5BAFD

analogous

#FDBCA5 #FDE8A5 #E6FDA5

triadic

#FDE8A5 #A5FDE8 #E8A5FD

tetradic

#FDE8A5 #A5FDBC #A5BAFD #FDA5E6

square

#FDE8A5 #A5FDBC #A5BAFD #FDA5E6

split-complementary

#FDE8A5 #A5E6FD #BCA5FD

monochromatic

#FAC92D #FCD969 #FDE8A5 #FEF7E1 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FDE8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#FDE8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE8A5

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE8A5	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E5A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCECA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.088 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefc0',
    500: '#fde8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde8a5;
$custom-light: #ffefc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.682,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93264,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE8A5

secondary

#6683E1

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE8A5

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

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