#FFDB38#FFDB38

#FFDB38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.170 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDB38
RGB	rgb(255, 219, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -2.95, 78.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 78.22, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.017 0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.17 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.2890, 72.2124, 14.1348)
Luminance	0.7221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDB38 #385CFF

analogous

#FF7738 #FFDB38 #BFFF38

triadic

#FFDB38 #38FFDB #DB38FF

tetradic

#FFDB38 #38FF77 #385CFF #FF38BF

square

#FFDB38 #38FF77 #385CFF #FF38BF

split-complementary

#FFDB38 #38BFFF #7738FF

monochromatic

#BD9A00 #FACD00 #FFDB38 #FFE675 #FFF1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FFDB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#FFDB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDB38

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDB38	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D60C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 219, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.170 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe57c',
    500: '#ffdb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdb38;
$custom-light: #ffe57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.146,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89623,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDB38

secondary

#213DBA

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150A

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDB38

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

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