Sandy Yellow#FDEE73

#FDEE73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.144 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Sandy Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FDEE73
RGB	rgb(253, 238, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.13, -10.06, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.13, 61.23, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(93.73% -0.031 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(93.73% 0.144 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.1795, 83.2722, 28.3820)
Luminance	0.8327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEE73 #7382FD

analogous

#FDA973 #FDEE73 #C7FD73

triadic

#FDEE73 #73FDEE #EE73FD

tetradic

#FDEE73 #73FDA9 #7382FD #FD73C7

square

#FDEE73 #73FDA9 #7382FD #FD73C7

split-complementary

#FDEE73 #73C7FD #A973FD

monochromatic

#F2D803 #FCE737 #FDEE73 #FEF5AF #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FDEE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.65

#FDEE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEE73

17.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEE73	1.00	1.19	17.65	17.65
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdee73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 238, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.144 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff39f',
    500: '#fdee73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdee73;
$custom-light: #fff39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdee73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 97.183,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93734,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.8327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEE73

secondary

#3B4CDA

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEE73

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

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