#FFDB00#FFDB00

#FFDB00 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.184 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDB00
RGB	rgb(255, 219, 0)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 100%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -3.94, 87.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 87.93, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0226 0.1831)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.184 97)
XYZ	xyz(66.5755, 71.9269, 10.3767)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDB00 #0024FF

analogous

#FF5B00 #FFDB00 #A4FF00

triadic

#FFDB00 #00FFDB #DB00FF

tetradic

#FFDB00 #00FF5B #0024FF #FF00A4

square

#FFDB00 #00FF5B #0024FF #FF00A4

split-complementary

#FFDB00 #00A4FF #5B00FF

monochromatic

#857200 #C2A600 #FFDB00 #FFE43D #FFEC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FFDB00 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#FFDB00 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDB00

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDB00	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDB00	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdb00;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 219, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.184 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe56d',
    500: '#ffdb00',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdb00;
$custom-light: #ffe56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdb00",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89471,
    "c": 0.18447,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.71923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDB00

secondary

#18298B

accent

#47FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF1

border

#D7D5CB

text

#191509

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDB00

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

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