#FFDE59#FFDE59

#FFDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.153 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE59
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -2.98, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 67.21, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0137 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.153 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.1677, 74.2274, 20.1333)
Luminance	0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE59 #597AFF

analogous

#FF8B59 #FFDE59 #CDFF59

triadic

#FFDE59 #59FFDE #DE59FF

tetradic

#FFDE59 #59FF8B #597AFF #FF59CD

square

#FFDE59 #59FF8B #597AFF #FF59CD

split-complementary

#FFDE59 #59CDFF #8B59FF

monochromatic

#DEB200 #FFD21C #FFDE59 #FFEA96 #FFF6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#FFDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE59

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE59	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)

#F4DA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.153 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe78e',
    500: '#ffde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde59;
$custom-light: #ffe78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.072,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90448,
    "c": 0.15261,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE59

secondary

#2649D6

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE59

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

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