#FFDD55#FFDD55

#FFDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.155 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD55
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -2.70, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 68.53, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0134 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.155 95)
XYZ	xyz(68.7395, 73.6324, 19.1844)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD55 #5577FF

analogous

#FF8855 #FFDD55 #CCFF55

triadic

#FFDD55 #55FFDD #DD55FF

tetradic

#FFDD55 #55FF88 #5577FF #FF55CC

square

#FFDD55 #55FF88 #5577FF #FF55CC

split-complementary

#FFDD55 #55CCFF #8855FF

monochromatic

#DAAE00 #FFD118 #FFDD55 #FFE992 #FFF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#FFDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD55

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD55	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.155 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78b',
    500: '#ffdd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd55;
$custom-light: #ffe78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90215,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.73629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD55

secondary

#2548D3

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD55

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

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