#FFD042#FFD042

#FFD042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.159 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD042
RGB	rgb(255, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, 3.01, 72.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 72.43, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% 0.0009 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.159 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.7830, 66.7692, 14.6288)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD042 #4271FF

analogous

#FF7142 #FFD042 #D0FF42

triadic

#FFD042 #42FFD0 #D042FF

tetradic

#FFD042 #42FF71 #4271FF #FF42D0

square

#FFD042 #42FF71 #4271FF #FF42D0

split-complementary

#FFD042 #42D0FF #7142FF

monochromatic

#C79500 #FFC105 #FFD042 #FFDF7F #FFEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#FFD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#FFD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD042

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD042	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.159 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde80',
    500: '#ffd042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd042;
$custom-light: #ffde80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.079,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87521,
    "c": 0.15908,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD042

secondary

#224AC3

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD042

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

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