#FFDE50#FFDE50

#FFDE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.159 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE50
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -3.46, 70.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 70.76, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.37% -0.0161 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(90.37% 0.159 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.8126, 74.0853, 18.2632)
Luminance	0.7408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE50 #5071FF

analogous

#FF8650 #FFDE50 #C8FF50

triadic

#FFDE50 #50FFDE #DE50FF

tetradic

#FFDE50 #50FF86 #5071FF #FF50C8

square

#FFDE50 #50FF86 #5071FF #FF50C8

split-complementary

#FFDE50 #50C8FF #8650FF

monochromatic

#D5AD00 #FFD213 #FFDE50 #FFEA8D #FFF5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#FFDE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE50

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE50	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.159 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe788',
    500: '#ffde50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde50;
$custom-light: #ffe788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.686,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90373,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE50

secondary

#2445CF

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE50

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

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