#FDEC8D#FDEC8D

#FDEC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.117 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC8D
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 44.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.93, -6.83, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.93, 48.46, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.67% -0.0191 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(93.67% 0.117 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.3131, 82.7991, 37.2088)
Luminance	0.8280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC8D #8D9EFD

analogous

#FDB48D #FDEC8D #D6FD8D

triadic

#FDEC8D #8DFDEC #EC8DFD

tetradic

#FDEC8D #8DFDB4 #8D9EFD #FD8DD6

square

#FDEC8D #8DFDB4 #8D9EFD #FD8DD6

split-complementary

#FDEC8D #8DD6FD #B48DFD

monochromatic

#FBD815 #FCE251 #FDEC8D #FEF6C9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FDEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.56

#FDEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC8D

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC8D	1.00	1.20	17.56	17.56
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.117 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b0',
    500: '#fdec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec8d;
$custom-light: #fff2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 96.552,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93667,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC8D

secondary

#5166DD

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC8D

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

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