#FFDE5E#FFDE5E

#FFDE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.149 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE5E
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -2.68, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 65.15, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0123 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.149 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3849, 74.3142, 21.2769)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE5E #5E7FFF

analogous

#FF8D5E #FFDE5E #CFFF5E

triadic

#FFDE5E #5EFFDE #DE5EFF

tetradic

#FFDE5E #5EFF8D #5E7FFF #FF5ECF

square

#FFDE5E #5EFF8D #5E7FFF #FF5ECF

split-complementary

#FFDE5E #5ECFFF #8D5EFF

monochromatic

#E3B400 #FFD121 #FFDE5E #FFEB9B #FFF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#FFDE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE5E

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE5E	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)

#F3DA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.149 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe791',
    500: '#ffde5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde5e;
$custom-light: #ffe791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.702,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90493,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE5E

secondary

#284CD9

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE5E

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

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