#FFDE63#FFDE63

#FFDE63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.145 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE63
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -2.37, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 63.04, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0108 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.145 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6165, 74.4069, 22.4970)
Luminance	0.7440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE63 #6384FF

analogous

#FF9063 #FFDE63 #D2FF63

triadic

#FFDE63 #63FFDE #DE63FF

tetradic

#FFDE63 #63FF90 #6384FF #FF63D2

square

#FFDE63 #63FF90 #6384FF #FF63D2

split-complementary

#FFDE63 #63D2FF #9063FF

monochromatic

#E8B700 #FFD126 #FFDE63 #FFEBA0 #FFF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#FFDE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE63

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE63	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.145 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe894',
    500: '#ffde63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde63;
$custom-light: #ffe894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90542,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE63

secondary

#2C51DA

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE63

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

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