#FFDE55#FFDE55

#FFDE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.155 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE55
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -3.20, 68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 68.81, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0148 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.155 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.0043, 74.1620, 19.2726)
Luminance	0.7416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE55 #5576FF

analogous

#FF8955 #FFDE55 #CBFF55

triadic

#FFDE55 #55FFDE #DE55FF

tetradic

#FFDE55 #55FF89 #5576FF #FF55CB

square

#FFDE55 #55FF89 #5576FF #FF55CB

split-complementary

#FFDE55 #55CBFF #8955FF

monochromatic

#DAAF00 #FFD218 #FFDE55 #FFEA92 #FFF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#FFDE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE55

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE55	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.155 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78b',
    500: '#ffde55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde55;
$custom-light: #ffe78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.353,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90413,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE55

secondary

#2547D3

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE55

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

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