#FDE9AC#FDE9AC

#FDE9AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.081 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDE9AC
RGB	rgb(253, 233, 172)
HSL	hsl(45, 95%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(45, 32%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 32%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.64, -1.96, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.64, 32.23, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(93.59% -0.0029 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(93.59% 0.081 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.0943, 82.1413, 50.8155)
Luminance	0.8214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDE9AC #ACC0FD

analogous

#FDC0AC #FDE9AC #E8FDAC

triadic

#FDE9AC #ACFDE9 #E9ACFD

tetradic

#FDE9AC #ACFDC0 #ACC0FD #FDACE8

square

#FDE9AC #ACFDC0 #ACC0FD #FDACE8

split-complementary

#FDE9AC #ACE8FD #C0ACFD

monochromatic

#FAC934 #FCD970 #FDE9AC #FEF7E1 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FDE9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.43

#FDE9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDE9AC

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDE9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDE9AC	1.00	1.20	17.43	17.43
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBECAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fde9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 233, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.081 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefc5',
    500: '#fde9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fde9ac;
$custom-light: #ffefc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fde9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 95.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9359,
    "c": 0.0806,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDE9AC

secondary

#6C89E2

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDE9AC

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

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