#FDEC42#FDEC42

#FDEC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.178 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC42
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 98%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 73.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.25, -11.89, 78.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.25, 79.68, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.91% -0.0413 0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(92.91% 0.178 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.4900, 81.2699, 17.0742)
Luminance	0.8127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC42 #4253FD

analogous

#FD8E42 #FDEC42 #B1FD42

triadic

#FDEC42 #42FDEC #EC42FD

tetradic

#FDEC42 #42FD8E #4253FD #FD42B1

square

#FDEC42 #42FD8E #4253FD #FD42B1

split-complementary

#FDEC42 #42B1FD #8E42FD

monochromatic

#C3B102 #FCE605 #FDEC42 #FEF27F #FEF8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FDEC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#FDEC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC42

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC42	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)

#FFE41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.178 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff182',
    500: '#fdec42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec42;
$custom-light: #fff182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 97.906,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92914,
    "c": 0.17768,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC42

secondary

#2432BF

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC42

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

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