#FEDE79#FEDE79

#FEDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.126 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEDE79
RGB	rgb(254, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -1.17, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 53.11, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0048 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.126 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.4482, 74.6971, 28.7927)
Luminance	0.7469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEDE79 #7999FE

analogous

#FE9B79 #FEDE79 #DBFE79

triadic

#FEDE79 #79FEDE #DE79FE

tetradic

#FEDE79 #79FE9B #7999FE #FE79DB

square

#FEDE79 #79FE9B #7999FE #FE79DB

split-complementary

#FEDE79 #79DBFE #9B79FE

monochromatic

#FBBF02 #FECF3C #FEDE79 #FEEDB6 #FFF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FEDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#FEDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEDE79

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEDE79	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fede79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.126 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a2',
    500: '#fede79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fede79;
$custom-light: #ffe8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fede79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90701,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEDE79

secondary

#3F65DC

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEDE79

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

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