#FFDD49#FFDD49

#FFDD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.163 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD49
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -3.29, 73.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 73.08, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0164 0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.163 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.3025, 73.4576, 16.8831)
Luminance	0.7345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD49 #496BFF

analogous

#FF8249 #FFDD49 #C6FF49

triadic

#FFDD49 #49FFDD #DD49FF

tetradic

#FFDD49 #49FF82 #496BFF #FF49C6

square

#FFDD49 #49FF82 #496BFF #FF49C6

split-complementary

#FFDD49 #49C6FF #8249FF

monochromatic

#CEA700 #FFD20C #FFDD49 #FFE886 #FFF4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#FFDD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD49

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD49	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.163 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe785',
    500: '#ffdd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd49;
$custom-light: #ffe785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.791,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90123,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD49

secondary

#2342C9

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD49

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

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