#FDEC8E#FDEC8E

#FDEC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.116 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC8E
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 43.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.94, -6.73, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.94, 47.98, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(93.68% -0.0187 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(93.68% 0.116 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.3878, 82.8290, 37.6024)
Luminance	0.8283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC8E #8E9FFD

analogous

#FDB58E #FDEC8E #D6FD8E

triadic

#FDEC8E #8EFDEC #EC8EFD

tetradic

#FDEC8E #8EFDB5 #8E9FFD #FD8ED6

square

#FDEC8E #8EFDB5 #8E9FFD #FD8ED6

split-complementary

#FDEC8E #8ED6FD #B58EFD

monochromatic

#FBD816 #FCE252 #FDEC8E #FEF6CA #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FDEC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#FDEC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC8E

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC8E	1.00	1.20	17.57	17.57
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.116 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b0',
    500: '#fdec8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec8e;
$custom-light: #fff2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 96.522,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93682,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC8E

secondary

#5267DD

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC8E

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

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