#FFDB56#FFDB56

#FFDB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.153 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDB56
RGB	rgb(255, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -1.63, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 67.58, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0102 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.153 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.2546, 72.5986, 19.2201)
Luminance	0.7259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDB56 #567AFF

analogous

#FF8756 #FFDB56 #CFFF56

triadic

#FFDB56 #56FFDB #DB56FF

tetradic

#FFDB56 #56FF87 #567AFF #FF56CF

square

#FFDB56 #56FF87 #567AFF #FF56CF

split-complementary

#FFDB56 #56CFFF #8756FF

monochromatic

#DBAC00 #FFCE19 #FFDB56 #FFE893 #FFF5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FFDB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#FFDB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDB56

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDB56	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)

#F1D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.153 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe58c',
    500: '#ffdb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdb56;
$custom-light: #ffe58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.219,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89828,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDB56

secondary

#254BD4

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDB56

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

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