#FFDE5D#FFDE5D

#FFDE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.150 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE5D
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 63.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -2.74, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 65.57, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0126 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.15 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.3403, 74.2964, 21.0421)
Luminance	0.7429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE5D #5D7EFF

analogous

#FF8D5D #FFDE5D #CFFF5D

triadic

#FFDE5D #5DFFDE #DE5DFF

tetradic

#FFDE5D #5DFF8D #5D7EFF #FF5DCF

square

#FFDE5D #5DFF8D #5D7EFF #FF5DCF

split-complementary

#FFDE5D #5DCFFF #8D5DFF

monochromatic

#E2B400 #FFD220 #FFDE5D #FFEA9A #FFF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#FFDE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE5D

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE5D	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.150 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe790',
    500: '#ffde5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde5d;
$custom-light: #ffe790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90484,
    "c": 0.14965,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE5D

secondary

#274BD9

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE5D

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

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