#FDEC8F#FDEC8F

#FDEC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.115 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC8F
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 143)
HSL	hsl(51, 96%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 43.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.95, -6.64, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.95, 47.50, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(93.7% -0.0184 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(93.7% 0.115 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.4632, 82.8592, 37.9996)
Luminance	0.8286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC8F #8FA0FD

analogous

#FDB58F #FDEC8F #D7FD8F

triadic

#FDEC8F #8FFDEC #EC8FFD

tetradic

#FDEC8F #8FFDB5 #8FA0FD #FD8FD7

square

#FDEC8F #8FFDB5 #8FA0FD #FD8FD7

split-complementary

#FDEC8F #8FD7FD #B58FFD

monochromatic

#FBD817 #FCE253 #FDEC8F #FEF6CB #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FDEC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#FDEC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC8F

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC8F	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)

#FCE788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.115 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b1',
    500: '#fdec8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec8f;
$custom-light: #fff2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93696,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC8F

secondary

#5368DE

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC8F

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

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