#FFDC38#FFDC38

#FFDC38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.171 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDC38
RGB	rgb(255, 220, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -3.46, 78.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 78.46, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0185 0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.171 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.5507, 72.7357, 14.2220)
Luminance	0.7273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDC38 #385BFF

analogous

#FF7838 #FFDC38 #BFFF38

triadic

#FFDC38 #38FFDC #DC38FF

tetradic

#FFDC38 #38FF78 #385BFF #FF38BF

square

#FFDC38 #38FF78 #385BFF #FF38BF

split-complementary

#FFDC38 #38BFFF #7838FF

monochromatic

#BD9B00 #FACE00 #FFDC38 #FFE775 #FFF2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#FFDC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#FFDC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDC38

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDC38	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D70B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 220, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.171 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe67c',
    500: '#ffdc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdc38;
$custom-light: #ffe67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.447,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89821,
    "c": 0.17102,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDC38

secondary

#213CBA

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150A

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDC38

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

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