#FFDD53#FFDD53

#FFDD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.156 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD53
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -2.80, 69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 69.32, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0139 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.156 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.6612, 73.6011, 18.7718)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD53 #5375FF

analogous

#FF8753 #FFDD53 #CBFF53

triadic

#FFDD53 #53FFDD #DD53FF

tetradic

#FFDD53 #53FF87 #5375FF #FF53CB

square

#FFDD53 #53FF87 #5375FF #FF53CB

split-complementary

#FFDD53 #53CBFF #8753FF

monochromatic

#D8AD00 #FFD116 #FFDD53 #FFE990 #FFF5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#FFDD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD53

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD53	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.156 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78a',
    500: '#ffdd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd53;
$custom-light: #ffe78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.14,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90199,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD53

secondary

#2547D1

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD53

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

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