#FDED8A#FDED8A

#FDED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.121 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDED8A
RGB	rgb(253, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 97%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 45.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.14, -7.61, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.14, 50.27, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(93.82% -0.0216 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(93.82% 0.121 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.3816, 83.2885, 36.1453)
Luminance	0.8329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDED8A #8A9AFD

analogous

#FDB48A #FDED8A #D4FD8A

triadic

#FDED8A #8AFDED #ED8AFD

tetradic

#FDED8A #8AFDB4 #8A9AFD #FD8AD4

square

#FDED8A #8AFDB4 #8A9AFD #FD8AD4

split-complementary

#FDED8A #8AD4FD #B48AFD

monochromatic

#FBDA12 #FCE44E #FDED8A #FEF6C6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FDED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.66

#FDED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDED8A

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDED8A	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)

#FEE882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fded8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.121 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ae',
    500: '#fded8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fded8a;
$custom-light: #fff2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fded8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 96.639,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93824,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDED8A

secondary

#4E62DD

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDED8A

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

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