#FDE993#FDE993

#FDE993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.108 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE993
RGB	rgb(253, 233, 147)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 41.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.25, -4.74, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.25, 44.45, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% -0.0125 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.108 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.9152, 81.2696, 39.3385)
Luminance	0.8127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE993 #93A7FD

analogous

#FDB493 #FDE993 #DCFD93

triadic

#FDE993 #93FDE9 #E993FD

tetradic

#FDE993 #93FDB4 #93A7FD #FD93DC

square

#FDE993 #93FDB4 #93A7FD #FD93DC

split-complementary

#FDE993 #93DCFD #B493FD

monochromatic

#FBD11B #FCDD57 #FDE993 #FEF5CF #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FDE993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#FDE993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE993

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE993	1.00	1.22	17.25	17.25
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 233, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.108 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb4',
    500: '#fde993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde993;
$custom-light: #ffefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 96.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93159,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE993

secondary

#5670DE

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE993

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

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