#FDEF79#FDEF79

#FDEF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.140 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEF79
RGB	rgb(253, 239, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.45, -10.08, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.45, 58.92, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(94.01% -0.0304 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(94.01% 0.14 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.8280, 83.9987, 30.3572)
Luminance	0.8400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEF79 #7987FD

analogous

#FDAD79 #FDEF79 #C9FD79

triadic

#FDEF79 #79FDEF #EF79FD

tetradic

#FDEF79 #79FDAD #7987FD #FD79C9

square

#FDEF79 #79FDAD #7987FD #FD79C9

split-complementary

#FDEF79 #79C9FD #AD79FD

monochromatic

#F8DE04 #FCE83D #FDEF79 #FEF6B5 #FFFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FDEF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#FDEF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEF79

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEF79	1.00	1.18	17.80	17.80
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdef79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 239, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.140 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4a3',
    500: '#fdef79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdef79;
$custom-light: #fff4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdef79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94005,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEF79

secondary

#4050DA

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEF79

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

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