#FFDA38#FFDA38

#FFDA38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.170 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDA38
RGB	rgb(255, 218, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -2.45, 77.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 77.98, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0156 0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.17 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.0289, 71.6922, 14.0481)
Luminance	0.7169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDA38 #385DFF

analogous

#FF7638 #FFDA38 #C1FF38

triadic

#FFDA38 #38FFDA #DA38FF

tetradic

#FFDA38 #38FF76 #385DFF #FF38C1

square

#FFDA38 #38FF76 #385DFF #FF38C1

split-complementary

#FFDA38 #38C1FF #7638FF

monochromatic

#BD9A00 #FACB00 #FFDA38 #FFE575 #FFF1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FFDA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#FFDA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDA38

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDA38	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D60D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffda38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 218, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.170 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe57c',
    500: '#ffda38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffda38;
$custom-light: #ffe57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffda38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.844,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89425,
    "c": 0.16977,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDA38

secondary

#213DBA

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150A

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDA38

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

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