#FFDE46#FFDE46

#FFDE46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.165 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE46
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 72.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -3.93, 74.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 74.42, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0185 0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.165 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.4703, 73.9484, 16.4601)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE46 #4667FF

analogous

#FF8146 #FFDE46 #C4FF46

triadic

#FFDE46 #46FFDE #DE46FF

tetradic

#FFDE46 #46FF81 #4667FF #FF46C4

square

#FFDE46 #46FF81 #4667FF #FF46C4

split-complementary

#FFDE46 #46C4FF #8146FF

monochromatic

#CBA600 #FFD309 #FFDE46 #FFE983 #FFF4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#FFDE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE46

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE46	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.165 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe783',
    500: '#ffde46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde46;
$custom-light: #ffe783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.297,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90301,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE46

secondary

#2340C6

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE46

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

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