#FDE97D#FDE97D

#FDE97D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE97D
RGB	rgb(253, 233, 125)
HSL	hsl(51, 97%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 50.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.97, -6.77, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.97, 54.87, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(92.85% -0.0205 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(92.85% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(73.3509, 80.6439, 31.1001)
Luminance	0.8064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE97D #7D91FD

analogous

#FDA97D #FDE97D #D1FD7D

triadic

#FDE97D #7DFDE9 #E97DFD

tetradic

#FDE97D #7DFDA9 #7D91FD #FD7DD1

square

#FDE97D #7DFDA9 #7D91FD #FD7DD1

split-complementary

#FDE97D #7DD1FD #A97DFD

monochromatic

#FBD504 #FCDF41 #FDE97D #FEF3B9 #FFFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FDE97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#FDE97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE97D

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE97D	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 233, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa5',
    500: '#fde97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde97d;
$custom-light: #ffefa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 96.97,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92848,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.80641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE97D

secondary

#435BDB

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE97D

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

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