#FDEC79#FDEC79

#FDEC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC79
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.69, -8.60, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.69, 57.80, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(93.4% -0.0262 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(93.4% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(73.9570, 82.2567, 30.0669)
Luminance	0.8225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC79 #798AFD

analogous

#FDAA79 #FDEC79 #CCFD79

triadic

#FDEC79 #79FDEC #EC79FD

tetradic

#FDEC79 #79FDAA #798AFD #FD79CC

square

#FDEC79 #79FDAA #798AFD #FD79CC

split-complementary

#FDEC79 #79CCFD #AA79FD

monochromatic

#F8D804 #FCE33D #FDEC79 #FEF5B5 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FDEC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.45

#FDEC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC79

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC79	1.00	1.20	17.45	17.45
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a2',
    500: '#fdec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec79;
$custom-light: #fff1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93401,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.82254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC79

secondary

#4054DA

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC79

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

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