#FFDE22#FFDE22

#FFDE22 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.181 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE22
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 87%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 86.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -5.05, 84.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 84.43, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0245 0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.181 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.6538, 73.6218, 12.1600)
Luminance	0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE22 #2243FF

analogous

#FF7022 #FFDE22 #B1FF22

triadic

#FFDE22 #22FFDE #DE22FF

tetradic

#FFDE22 #22FF70 #2243FF #FF22B1

square

#FFDE22 #22FF70 #2243FF #FF22B1

split-complementary

#FFDE22 #22B1FF #7022FF

monochromatic

#A78E00 #E4C200 #FFDE22 #FFE75F #FFF09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FFDE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#FFDE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE22

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE22	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6D900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.181 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe774',
    500: '#ffde22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde22;
$custom-light: #ffe774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.041,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9013,
    "c": 0.18052,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE22

secondary

#1E32A8

accent

#49FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF1

border

#D7D5CB

text

#191609

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE22

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

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