#FFD440#FFD440

#FFD440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.162 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD440
RGB	rgb(255, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, 0.89, 74.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 74.01, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0054 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.162 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.7126, 68.7211, 14.6528)
Luminance	0.6872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD440 #406BFF

analogous

#FF7440 #FFD440 #CBFF40

triadic

#FFD440 #40FFD4 #D440FF

tetradic

#FFD440 #40FF74 #406BFF #FF40CB

square

#FFD440 #40FF74 #406BFF #FF40CB

split-complementary

#FFD440 #40CBFF #7440FF

monochromatic

#C59800 #FFC603 #FFD440 #FFE27D #FFF0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#FFD440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#FFD440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD440

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD440	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.162 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe07f',
    500: '#ffd440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd440;
$custom-light: #ffe07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.492,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88289,
    "c": 0.16226,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD440

secondary

#2246C1

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD440

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

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