#FDEC8A#FDEC8A

#FDEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.120 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC8A
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 45.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.89, -7.12, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.89, 49.89, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(93.62% -0.0202 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(93.62% 0.12 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.0929, 82.7110, 36.0491)
Luminance	0.8271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC8A #8A9BFD

analogous

#FDB38A #FDEC8A #D5FD8A

triadic

#FDEC8A #8AFDEC #EC8AFD

tetradic

#FDEC8A #8AFDB3 #8A9BFD #FD8AD5

square

#FDEC8A #8AFDB3 #8A9BFD #FD8AD5

split-complementary

#FDEC8A #8AD5FD #B38AFD

monochromatic

#FBD812 #FCE24E #FDEC8A #FEF6C6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FDEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.54

#FDEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC8A

17.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC8A	1.00	1.20	17.54	17.54
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.120 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ae',
    500: '#fdec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec8a;
$custom-light: #fff2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 96.639,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93624,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC8A

secondary

#4E63DD

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC8A

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

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