#FDE99D#FDE99D

#FDE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.097 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE99D
RGB	rgb(253, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 37.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.40, -3.69, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.40, 39.59, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(93.32% -0.0087 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(93.32% 0.097 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.7342, 81.5972, 43.6522)
Luminance	0.8159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE99D #9DB1FD

analogous

#FDB99D #FDE99D #E1FD9D

triadic

#FDE99D #9DFDE9 #E99DFD

tetradic

#FDE99D #9DFDB9 #9DB1FD #FD9DE1

square

#FDE99D #9DFDB9 #9DB1FD #FD9DE1

split-complementary

#FDE99D #9DE1FD #B99DFD

monochromatic

#FBCE25 #FCDC61 #FDE99D #FEF6D9 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FDE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#FDE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE99D

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE99D	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.097 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefba',
    500: '#fde99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde99d;
$custom-light: #ffefba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 96,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93321,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE99D

secondary

#5F7AE0

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE99D

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

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