#FFDD73#FFDD73

#FFDD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.131 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD73
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 54.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -0.74, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 55.67, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0043 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.1938, 74.2141, 26.8437)
Luminance	0.7421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD73 #7395FF

analogous

#FF9773 #FFDD73 #DBFF73

triadic

#FFDD73 #73FFDD #DD73FF

tetradic

#FFDD73 #73FF97 #7395FF #FF73DB

square

#FFDD73 #73FF97 #7395FF #FF73DB

split-complementary

#FFDD73 #73DBFF #9773FF

monochromatic

#F8BB00 #FFCE36 #FFDD73 #FFECB0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#FFDD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD73

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD73	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)

#F1DA69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe79e',
    500: '#ffdd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd73;
$custom-light: #ffe79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90521,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD73

secondary

#3A61DC

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD73

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

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