#FEDC59#FEDC59

#FEDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.151 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEDC59
RGB	rgb(254, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -2.38, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 66.53, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.012 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.151 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.2727, 72.9821, 19.9401)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEDC59 #597BFE

analogous

#FE8959 #FEDC59 #CEFE59

triadic

#FEDC59 #59FEDC #DC59FE

tetradic

#FEDC59 #59FE89 #597BFE #FE59CE

square

#FEDC59 #59FE89 #597BFE #FE59CE

split-complementary

#FEDC59 #59CEFE #8959FE

monochromatic

#DBAE01 #FECF1C #FEDC59 #FEE996 #FFF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FEDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#FEDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEDC59

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEDC59	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fedc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.151 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe68e',
    500: '#fedc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fedc59;
$custom-light: #ffe68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fedc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.636,
    "s": 98.802,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8996,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEDC59

secondary

#274BD4

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEDC59

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

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