#FDEF99#FDEF99

#FDEF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.849; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.107 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEF99
RGB	rgb(253, 239, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 39.5%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.85, -7.12, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.85, 43.86, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(94.45% -0.019 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(94.45% 0.107 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.1258, 84.9178, 42.4588)
Luminance	0.8492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEF99 #99A7FD

analogous

#FDBD99 #FDEF99 #D9FD99

triadic

#FDEF99 #99FDEF #EF99FD

tetradic

#FDEF99 #99FDBD #99A7FD #FD99D9

square

#FDEF99 #99FDBD #99A7FD #FD99D9

split-complementary

#FDEF99 #99D9FD #BD99FD

monochromatic

#FBDC21 #FCE65D #FDEF99 #FEF8D5 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FDEF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.98

#FDEF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEF99

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEF99	1.00	1.17	17.98	17.98
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdef99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 239, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.107 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4b8',
    500: '#fdef99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdef99;
$custom-light: #fff4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdef99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 96.154,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9445,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEF99

secondary

#5B6EDF

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEF99

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

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