#FDEC96#FDEC96

#FDEC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.108 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC96
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 40.7%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.05, -5.93, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.05, 44.13, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(93.8% -0.0158 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(93.8% 0.108 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(76.0101, 83.0779, 40.8800)
Luminance	0.8308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC96 #96A7FD

analogous

#FDB996 #FDEC96 #DBFD96

triadic

#FDEC96 #96FDEC #EC96FD

tetradic

#FDEC96 #96FDB9 #96A7FD #FD96DB

square

#FDEC96 #96FDB9 #96A7FD #FD96DB

split-complementary

#FDEC96 #96DBFD #B996FD

monochromatic

#FBD61E #FCE15A #FDEC96 #FEF7D2 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FDEC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#FDEC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC96

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC96	1.00	1.19	17.62	17.62
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.108 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b6',
    500: '#fdec96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec96;
$custom-light: #fff2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 96.262,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93803,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC96

secondary

#596FDF

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC96

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

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