#FFD138#FFD138

#FFD138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.165 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD138
RGB	rgb(255, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, 2.12, 75.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 75.96, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0026 0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.165 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7581, 67.1506, 13.2911)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD138 #3866FF

analogous

#FF6D38 #FFD138 #C9FF38

triadic

#FFD138 #38FFD1 #D138FF

tetradic

#FFD138 #38FF6D #3866FF #FF38C9

square

#FFD138 #38FF6D #3866FF #FF38C9

split-complementary

#FFD138 #38C9FF #6D38FF

monochromatic

#BD9100 #FAC000 #FFD138 #FFDF75 #FFEDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#FFD138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#FFD138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD138

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD138	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.165 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde7b',
    500: '#ffd138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd138;
$custom-light: #ffde7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.131,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87655,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD138

secondary

#2144BA

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150A

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD138

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

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