#FDECA5#FDECA5

#FDECA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.091 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDECA5
RGB	rgb(253, 236, 165)
HSL	hsl(48, 96%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 34.8%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.27, -4.30, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.27, 36.81, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.05% -0.01 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(94.05% 0.091 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.2962, 83.5924, 47.6532)
Luminance	0.8359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDECA5 #A5B6FD

analogous

#FDC0A5 #FDECA5 #E2FDA5

triadic

#FDECA5 #A5FDEC #ECA5FD

tetradic

#FDECA5 #A5FDC0 #A5B6FD #FDA5E2

square

#FDECA5 #A5FDC0 #A5B6FD #FDA5E2

split-complementary

#FDECA5 #A5E2FD #C0A5FD

monochromatic

#FAD32D #FCDF69 #FDECA5 #FEF9E1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FDECA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.72

#FDECA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDECA5

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDECA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDECA5	1.00	1.19	17.72	17.72
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdeca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 236, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.091 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2c0',
    500: '#fdeca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdeca5;
$custom-light: #fff2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdeca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.409,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94054,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDECA5

secondary

#667DE1

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDECA5

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

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