#FFDE4A#FFDE4A

#FFDE4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.163 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE4A
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -3.75, 72.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 72.99, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0176 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.163 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.6008, 74.0006, 17.1474)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE4A #4A6BFF

analogous

#FF844A #FFDE4A #C5FF4A

triadic

#FFDE4A #4AFFDE #DE4AFF

tetradic

#FFDE4A #4AFF84 #4A6BFF #FF4AC5

square

#FFDE4A #4AFF84 #4A6BFF #FF4AC5

split-complementary

#FFDE4A #4AC5FF #844AFF

monochromatic

#CFA900 #FFD30D #FFDE4A #FFE987 #FFF4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#FFDE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE4A

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE4A	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.163 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe785',
    500: '#ffde4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde4a;
$custom-light: #ffe785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.061,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90329,
    "c": 0.16263,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE4A

secondary

#2442CA

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE4A

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

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