#FFDD74#FFDD74

#FFDD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.130 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDD74
RGB	rgb(255, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 54.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -0.66, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 55.22, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0039 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.13 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.2517, 74.2373, 27.1484)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDD74 #7496FF

analogous

#FF9874 #FFDD74 #DBFF74

triadic

#FFDD74 #74FFDD #DD74FF

tetradic

#FFDD74 #74FF98 #7496FF #FF74DB

square

#FFDD74 #74FF98 #7496FF #FF74DB

split-complementary

#FFDD74 #74DBFF #9874FF

monochromatic

#F9BC00 #FFCE37 #FFDD74 #FFECB1 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#FFDD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDD74

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDD74	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.130 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe79f',
    500: '#ffdd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdd74;
$custom-light: #ffe79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90533,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDD74

secondary

#3B62DC

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDD74

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

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