#FDEC99#FDEC99

#FDEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.105 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC99
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 39.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.09, -5.62, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.09, 42.68, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(93.85% -0.0146 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(93.85% 0.105 98)
XYZ	xyz(76.2548, 83.1758, 42.1685)
Luminance	0.8317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC99 #99AAFD

analogous

#FDBA99 #FDEC99 #DCFD99

triadic

#FDEC99 #99FDEC #EC99FD

tetradic

#FDEC99 #99FDBA #99AAFD #FD99DC

square

#FDEC99 #99FDBA #99AAFD #FD99DC

split-complementary

#FDEC99 #99DCFD #BA99FD

monochromatic

#FBD621 #FCE15D #FDEC99 #FEF7D5 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FDEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.63

#FDEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC99

17.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC99	1.00	1.19	17.63	17.63
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.105 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b8',
    500: '#fdec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec99;
$custom-light: #fff2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93851,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.83173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC99

secondary

#5B72DF

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC99

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

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