#FDE99E#FDE99E

#FDE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.096 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE99E
RGB	rgb(253, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 37.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.41, -3.58, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.41, 39.10, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(93.34% -0.0084 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(93.34% 0.096 95)
XYZ	xyz(75.8199, 81.6315, 44.1037)
Luminance	0.8163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE99E #9EB2FD

analogous

#FDB99E #FDE99E #E2FD9E

triadic

#FDE99E #9EFDE9 #E99EFD

tetradic

#FDE99E #9EFDB9 #9EB2FD #FD9EE2

square

#FDE99E #9EFDB9 #9EB2FD #FD9EE2

split-complementary

#FDE99E #9EE2FD #B99EFD

monochromatic

#FBCE26 #FCDB62 #FDE99E #FEF7DA #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FDE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#FDE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE99E

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE99E	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDECA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.096 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefbb',
    500: '#fde99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde99e;
$custom-light: #ffefbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 95.96,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93338,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.81629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE99E

secondary

#607AE0

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE99E

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

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