#FFDD72#FFDD72

#FFDD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.132 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD72
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -0.81, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 56.13, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0046 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.132 92)
XYZ	xyz(70.1366, 74.1912, 26.5423)
Luminance	0.7419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD72 #7294FF

analogous

#FF9772 #FFDD72 #DAFF72

triadic

#FFDD72 #72FFDD #DD72FF

tetradic

#FFDD72 #72FF97 #7294FF #FF72DA

square

#FFDD72 #72FF97 #7294FF #FF72DA

split-complementary

#FFDD72 #72DAFF #9772FF

monochromatic

#F7BB00 #FFCE35 #FFDD72 #FFECAF #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#FFDD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD72

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD72	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.132 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe79d',
    500: '#ffdd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd72;
$custom-light: #ffe79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90509,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.74188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD72

secondary

#3960DC

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD72

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

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