#FFDC55#FFDC55

#FFDC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.154 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDC55
RGB	rgb(255, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -2.19, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 68.25, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0119 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.154 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.4763, 73.1059, 19.0966)
Luminance	0.7310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDC55 #5578FF

analogous

#FF8755 #FFDC55 #CDFF55

triadic

#FFDC55 #55FFDC #DC55FF

tetradic

#FFDC55 #55FF87 #5578FF #FF55CD

square

#FFDC55 #55FF87 #5578FF #FF55CD

split-complementary

#FFDC55 #55CDFF #8755FF

monochromatic

#DAAD00 #FFCF18 #FFDC55 #FFE992 #FFF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#FFDC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDC55

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDC55	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.154 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe68b',
    500: '#ffdc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdc55;
$custom-light: #ffe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90017,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDC55

secondary

#2549D3

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDC55

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

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