#FDE960#FDE960

#FDE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.156 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE960
RGB	rgb(253, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 98%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 62.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.69, -8.89, 67.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.69, 67.62, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.53% -0.0297 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(92.53% 0.156 101)
XYZ	xyz(71.7611, 80.0080, 22.7272)
Luminance	0.8001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE960 #6074FD

analogous

#FD9A60 #FDE960 #C2FD60

triadic

#FDE960 #60FDE9 #E960FD

tetradic

#FDE960 #60FD9A #6074FD #FD60C2

square

#FDE960 #60FD9A #6074FD #FD60C2

split-complementary

#FDE960 #60C2FD #9A60FD

monochromatic

#E0C403 #FCE124 #FDE960 #FEF19C #FFFAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FDE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#FDE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE960

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE960	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.156 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef93',
    500: '#fde960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde960;
$custom-light: #ffef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.357,
    "s": 97.516,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92531,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.80005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE960

secondary

#2A40D7

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE960

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

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