#FFDD5E#FFDD5E
#FFDD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.148 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FFDD5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 221, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 100%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 63%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.1%, 0%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.82, -2.18, 64.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.82, 64.86, 91.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.3% -0.0109 0.1478) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.3% 0.148 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.1200, 73.7846, 21.1886) |
| Luminance | 0.7378 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 0.40
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 1.63
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.96
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.10
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 2.19
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FFDD5E #5E80FF
analogous
#FF8C5E #FFDD5E #D0FF5E
triadic
#FFDD5E #5EFFDD #DD5EFF
tetradic
#FFDD5E #5EFF8C #5E80FF #FF5ED0
square
#FFDD5E #5EFF8C #5E80FF #FF5ED0
split-complementary
#FFDD5E #5ED0FF #8C5EFF
monochromatic
#E3B300 #FFD021 #FFDD5E #FFEA9B #FFF7D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#FFDD5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.76
#FFDD5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FFDD5E
15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FFDD5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FFDD5E | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.76 | 15.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D94F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE364
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFCDC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ffdd5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.148 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffe791',
500: '#ffdd5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ffdd5e; $custom-light: #ffe791; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ffdd5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 255,
"g": 221,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.329,
"s": 100,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90295,
"c": 0.14821,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.73781
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FFDD5E
secondary
#284DD9
accent
#30E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#19150D
muted
#87847F