#FFDD50#FFDD50

#FFDD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.158 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD50
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -2.96, 70.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 70.48, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0147 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.158 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.5478, 73.5557, 18.1750)
Luminance	0.7355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD50 #5072FF

analogous

#FF8550 #FFDD50 #C9FF50

triadic

#FFDD50 #50FFDD #DD50FF

tetradic

#FFDD50 #50FF85 #5072FF #FF50C9

square

#FFDD50 #50FF85 #5072FF #FF50C9

split-complementary

#FFDD50 #50C9FF #8550FF

monochromatic

#D5AB00 #FFD113 #FFDD50 #FFE98D #FFF5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#FFDD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD50

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD50	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.158 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe788',
    500: '#ffdd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd50;
$custom-light: #ffe788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.343,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90175,
    "c": 0.15816,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD50

secondary

#2446CF

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD50

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

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