#FDE99A#FDE99A

#FDE99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.101 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE99A
RGB	rgb(253, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 39.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.35, -4.01, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.35, 41.05, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(93.27% -0.0099 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(93.27% 0.101 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.4812, 81.4960, 42.3198)
Luminance	0.8149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE99A #9AAEFD

analogous

#FDB89A #FDE99A #DFFD9A

triadic

#FDE99A #9AFDE9 #E99AFD

tetradic

#FDE99A #9AFDB8 #9AAEFD #FD9ADF

square

#FDE99A #9AFDB8 #9AAEFD #FD9ADF

split-complementary

#FDE99A #9ADFFD #B89AFD

monochromatic

#FBCF22 #FCDC5E #FDE99A #FEF6D6 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FDE99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#FDE99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE99A

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE99A	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.101 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefb8',
    500: '#fde99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde99a;
$custom-light: #ffefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 96.117,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93271,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE99A

secondary

#5C77DF

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE99A

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

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