#FFDE60#FFDE60

#FFDE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.147 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE60
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -2.56, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 64.31, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0117 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.147 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4758, 74.3506, 21.7557)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE60 #6081FF

analogous

#FF8F60 #FFDE60 #D1FF60

triadic

#FFDE60 #60FFDE #DE60FF

tetradic

#FFDE60 #60FF8F #6081FF #FF60D1

square

#FFDE60 #60FF8F #6081FF #FF60D1

split-complementary

#FFDE60 #60D1FF #8F60FF

monochromatic

#E5B500 #FFD123 #FFDE60 #FFEB9D #FFF7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#FFDE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE60

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE60	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.147 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe892',
    500: '#ffde60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde60;
$custom-light: #ffe892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90512,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE60

secondary

#2A4ED9

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE60

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

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