#FDEC8B#FDEC8B

#FDEC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.119 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC8B
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 139)
HSL	hsl(51, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 45.1%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.90, -7.02, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.90, 49.41, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(93.64% -0.0198 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(93.64% 0.119 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.1656, 82.7401, 36.4321)
Luminance	0.8274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC8B #8B9CFD

analogous

#FDB38B #FDEC8B #D5FD8B

triadic

#FDEC8B #8BFDEC #EC8BFD

tetradic

#FDEC8B #8BFDB3 #8B9CFD #FD8BD5

square

#FDEC8B #8BFDB3 #8B9CFD #FD8BD5

split-complementary

#FDEC8B #8BD5FD #B38BFD

monochromatic

#FBD813 #FCE24F #FDEC8B #FEF6C7 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FDEC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.55

#FDEC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC8B

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC8B	1.00	1.20	17.55	17.55
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.119 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ae',
    500: '#fdec8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec8b;
$custom-light: #fff2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 96.61,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93638,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC8B

secondary

#4F64DD

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC8B

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

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