#FFDC59#FFDC59

#FFDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.151 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDC59
RGB	rgb(255, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -1.97, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 66.64, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0108 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.151 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.6397, 73.1713, 19.9573)
Luminance	0.7317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDC59 #597CFF

analogous

#FF8959 #FFDC59 #CFFF59

triadic

#FFDC59 #59FFDC #DC59FF

tetradic

#FFDC59 #59FF89 #597CFF #FF59CF

square

#FFDC59 #59FF89 #597CFF #FF59CF

split-complementary

#FFDC59 #59CFFF #8959FF

monochromatic

#DEAF00 #FFCF1C #FFDC59 #FFE996 #FFF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#FFDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDC59

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDC59	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)

#F2D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.151 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe68e',
    500: '#ffdc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdc59;
$custom-light: #ffe68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.349,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90052,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDC59

secondary

#264BD6

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDC59

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

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