#FEDE5C#FEDE5C

#FEDE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.150 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEDE5C
RGB	rgb(254, 222, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 99%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -3.22, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 65.88, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.014 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.15 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.9293, 74.0896, 20.7931)
Luminance	0.7409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEDE5C #5C7CFE

analogous

#FE8D5C #FEDE5C #CDFE5C

triadic

#FEDE5C #5CFEDE #DE5CFE

tetradic

#FEDE5C #5CFE8D #5C7CFE #FE5CCD

square

#FEDE5C #5CFE8D #5C7CFE #FE5CCD

split-complementary

#FEDE5C #5CCDFE #8D5CFE

monochromatic

#DEB301 #FED21F #FEDE5C #FEEA99 #FFF7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FEDE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#FEDE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEDE5C

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEDE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEDE5C	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fede5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 222, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.150 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78f',
    500: '#fede5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fede5c;
$custom-light: #ffe78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fede5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 98.78,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90383,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEDE5C

secondary

#274AD7

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEDE5C

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

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