#FFDD46#FFDD46

#FFDD46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.164 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD46
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 72.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -3.42, 74.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 74.15, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0171 0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.164 96)
XYZ	xyz(68.2055, 73.4188, 16.3719)
Luminance	0.7341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD46 #4668FF

analogous

#FF8046 #FFDD46 #C4FF46

triadic

#FFDD46 #46FFDD #DD46FF

tetradic

#FFDD46 #46FF80 #4668FF #FF46C4

square

#FFDD46 #46FF80 #4668FF #FF46C4

split-complementary

#FFDD46 #46C4FF #8046FF

monochromatic

#CBA500 #FFD209 #FFDD46 #FFE883 #FFF3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#FFDD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD46

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD46	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.164 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe783',
    500: '#ffdd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd46;
$custom-light: #ffe783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.973,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90103,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.73415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD46

secondary

#2341C6

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD46

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

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