#FDEFAE#FDEFAE

#FDEFAE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.084 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FDEFAE
RGB	rgb(253, 239, 174)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 31.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.17, -4.74, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.17, 33.55, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(94.81% -0.0108 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(94.81% 0.084 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(79.0153, 85.6736, 52.4105)
Luminance	0.8567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FDEFAE #AEBCFD

analogous

#FDC7AE #FDEFAE #E3FDAE

triadic

#FDEFAE #AEFDEF #EFAEFD

tetradic

#FDEFAE #AEFDC7 #AEBCFD #FDAEE3

square

#FDEFAE #AEFDC7 #AEBCFD #FDAEE3

split-complementary

#FDEFAE #AEE3FD #C7AEFD

monochromatic

#FAD737 #FCE372 #FDEFAE #FEF9E1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FDEFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.13

#FDEFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FDEFAE

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FDEFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FDEFAE	1.00	1.16	18.13	18.13
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fdefae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 239, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.084 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff4c6',
    500: '#fdefae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fdefae;
$custom-light: #fff4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fdefae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.367,
    "s": 95.181,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94813,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FDEFAE

secondary

#6D82E2

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FDEFAE

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

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