#FFDD59#FFDD59

#FFDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.152 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD59
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -2.47, 66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 66.93, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0123 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.152 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.9029, 73.6978, 20.0450)
Luminance	0.7369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD59 #597BFF

analogous

#FF8A59 #FFDD59 #CEFF59

triadic

#FFDD59 #59FFDD #DD59FF

tetradic

#FFDD59 #59FF8A #597BFF #FF59CE

square

#FFDD59 #59FF8A #597BFF #FF59CE

split-complementary

#FFDD59 #59CEFF #8A59FF

monochromatic

#DEB000 #FFD01C #FFDD59 #FFEA96 #FFF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#FFDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD59

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD59	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.152 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78e',
    500: '#ffdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd59;
$custom-light: #ffe78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9025,
    "c": 0.15193,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD59

secondary

#264AD6

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD59

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

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