#FFDB55#FFDB55

#FFDB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.153 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDB55
RGB	rgb(255, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -1.68, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 67.98, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0105 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.153 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.2146, 72.5826, 19.0094)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDB55 #5579FF

analogous

#FF8655 #FFDB55 #CEFF55

triadic

#FFDB55 #55FFDB #DB55FF

tetradic

#FFDB55 #55FF86 #5579FF #FF55CE

square

#FFDB55 #55FF86 #5579FF #FF55CE

split-complementary

#FFDB55 #55CEFF #8655FF

monochromatic

#DAAC00 #FFCE18 #FFDB55 #FFE892 #FFF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FFDB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#FFDB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDB55

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDB55	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.153 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe58b',
    500: '#ffdb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdb55;
$custom-light: #ffe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.294,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8982,
    "c": 0.15345,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDB55

secondary

#254AD3

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDB55

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

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