#FDE978#FDE978

#FDE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.135 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE978
RGB	rgb(253, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 52.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -7.18, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 57.16, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(92.79% -0.0222 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(92.79% 0.135 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.0395, 80.5193, 29.4601)
Luminance	0.8052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE978 #788CFD

analogous

#FDA678 #FDE978 #CFFD78

triadic

#FDE978 #78FDE9 #E978FD

tetradic

#FDE978 #78FDA6 #788CFD #FD78CF

square

#FDE978 #78FDA6 #788CFD #FD78CF

split-complementary

#FDE978 #78CFFD #A678FD

monochromatic

#F7D204 #FCDF3C #FDE978 #FEF3B4 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FDE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#FDE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE978

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE978	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.135 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa2',
    500: '#fde978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde978;
$custom-light: #ffefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92786,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE978

secondary

#3F56DA

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE978

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

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