#FFDD5A#FFDD5A
#FFDD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.151 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FFDD5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 221, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 100%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 65%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 64.7%, 0%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.79, -2.42, 66.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.79, 66.52, 92.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.26% -0.012 0.1507) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.26% 0.151 94.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.9452, 73.7147, 20.2677) |
| Luminance | 0.7371 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 0.45
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 2.02
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 2.06
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.35
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 2.42
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FFDD5A #5A7CFF
analogous
#FF8A5A #FFDD5A #CFFF5A
triadic
#FFDD5A #5AFFDD #DD5AFF
tetradic
#FFDD5A #5AFF8A #5A7CFF #FF5ACF
square
#FFDD5A #5AFF8A #5A7CFF #FF5ACF
split-complementary
#FFDD5A #5ACFFF #8A5AFF
monochromatic
#DFB100 #FFD01D #FFDD5A #FFEA97 #FFF6D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#FFDD5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.74
#FFDD5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FFDD5A
15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FFDD5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FFDD5A | 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)
#F3D94A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE361
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFCDC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ffdd5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.151 94.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffe78e',
500: '#ffdd5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ffdd5a; $custom-light: #ffe78e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ffdd5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 255,
"g": 221,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.636,
"s": 100,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90259,
"c": 0.1512,
"h": 94.6
},
"luminance": 0.73711
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FFDD5A
secondary
#264BD7
accent
#2FE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#19150D
muted
#87847F