#FDEC9D#FDEC9D

#FDEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.100 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEC9D
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(49, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 37.9%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.15, -5.19, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.15, 40.73, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% -0.0131 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.1 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.5907, 83.3102, 43.9377)
Luminance	0.8331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEC9D #9DAEFD

analogous

#FDBC9D #FDEC9D #DEFD9D

triadic

#FDEC9D #9DFDEC #EC9DFD

tetradic

#FDEC9D #9DFDBC #9DAEFD #FD9DDE

square

#FDEC9D #9DFDBC #9DAEFD #FD9DDE

split-complementary

#FDEC9D #9DDEFD #BC9DFD

monochromatic

#FBD525 #FCE061 #FDEC9D #FEF8D9 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FDEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.66

#FDEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEC9D

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEC9D	1.00	1.19	17.66	17.66
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.100 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2bb',
    500: '#fdec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdec9d;
$custom-light: #fff2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 96,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93917,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.83308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEC9D

secondary

#5F75E0

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEC9D

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

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