#FFDD57#FFDD57

#FFDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.153 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD57
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -2.59, 67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 67.73, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0128 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.153 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.8201, 73.6646, 19.6087)
Luminance	0.7366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD57 #5779FF

analogous

#FF8957 #FFDD57 #CDFF57

triadic

#FFDD57 #57FFDD #DD57FF

tetradic

#FFDD57 #57FF89 #5779FF #FF57CD

square

#FFDD57 #57FF89 #5779FF #FF57CD

split-complementary

#FFDD57 #57CDFF #8957FF

monochromatic

#DCAF00 #FFD11A #FFDD57 #FFE994 #FFF6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#FFDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD57

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD57	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	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)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.153 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78c',
    500: '#ffdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd57;
$custom-light: #ffe78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.857,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90232,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD57

secondary

#2649D5

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD57

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

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