#FFDE61#FFDE61

#FFDE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.147 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE61
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -2.50, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 63.89, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0114 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.147 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5221, 74.3691, 21.9997)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE61 #6182FF

analogous

#FF8F61 #FFDE61 #D1FF61

triadic

#FFDE61 #61FFDE #DE61FF

tetradic

#FFDE61 #61FF8F #6182FF #FF61D1

square

#FFDE61 #61FF8F #6182FF #FF61D1

split-complementary

#FFDE61 #61D1FF #8F61FF

monochromatic

#E6B600 #FFD124 #FFDE61 #FFEB9E #FFF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#FFDE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE61

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE61	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)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.147 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe893',
    500: '#ffde61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde61;
$custom-light: #ffe893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.468,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90522,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE61

secondary

#2B4FDA

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE61

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

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