#FFDE57#FFDE57

#FFDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.154 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE57
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -3.09, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 68.02, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0143 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.154 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.0849, 74.1942, 19.6970)
Luminance	0.7419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE57 #5778FF

analogous

#FF8A57 #FFDE57 #CCFF57

triadic

#FFDE57 #57FFDE #DE57FF

tetradic

#FFDE57 #57FF8A #5778FF #FF57CC

square

#FFDE57 #57FF8A #5778FF #FF57CC

split-complementary

#FFDE57 #57CCFF #8A57FF

monochromatic

#DCB000 #FFD21A #FFDE57 #FFEA94 #FFF6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#FFDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE57

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE57	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.154 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78d',
    500: '#ffde57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde57;
$custom-light: #ffe78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9043,
    "c": 0.15404,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE57

secondary

#2648D5

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE57

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

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