#FEDD59#FEDD59

#FEDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.152 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEDD59
RGB	rgb(254, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 65%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, -2.89, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 66.82, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0134 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.152 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.5359, 73.5085, 20.0278)
Luminance	0.7350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEDD59 #597AFE

analogous

#FE8B59 #FEDD59 #CDFE59

triadic

#FEDD59 #59FEDD #DD59FE

tetradic

#FEDD59 #59FE8B #597AFE #FE59CD

square

#FEDD59 #59FE8B #597AFE #FE59CD

split-complementary

#FEDD59 #59CDFE #8B59FE

monochromatic

#DBB001 #FED11C #FEDD59 #FEE996 #FFF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FEDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#FEDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEDD59

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEDD59	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fedd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.152 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78e',
    500: '#fedd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fedd59;
$custom-light: #ffe78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fedd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 98.802,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90158,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEDD59

secondary

#2749D4

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEDD59

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

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