#FFDC57#FFDC57

#FFDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.153 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDC57
RGB	rgb(255, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -2.08, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 67.45, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0114 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.153 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.5568, 73.1381, 19.5210)
Luminance	0.7313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDC57 #577AFF

analogous

#FF8857 #FFDC57 #CEFF57

triadic

#FFDC57 #57FFDC #DC57FF

tetradic

#FFDC57 #57FF88 #577AFF #FF57CE

square

#FFDC57 #57FF88 #577AFF #FF57CE

split-complementary

#FFDC57 #57CEFF #8857FF

monochromatic

#DCAE00 #FFCF1A #FFDC57 #FFE994 #FFF6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#FFDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDC57

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDC57	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.153 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe68c',
    500: '#ffdc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdc57;
$custom-light: #ffe68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90035,
    "c": 0.15269,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDC57

secondary

#264AD5

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDC57

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

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