#FFDE72#FFDE72

#FFDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.132 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE72
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -1.32, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 56.43, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.0061 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.132 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.4014, 74.7208, 26.6306)
Luminance	0.7472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE72 #7293FF

analogous

#FF9772 #FFDE72 #DAFF72

triadic

#FFDE72 #72FFDE #DE72FF

tetradic

#FFDE72 #72FF97 #7293FF #FF72DA

square

#FFDE72 #72FF97 #7293FF #FF72DA

split-complementary

#FFDE72 #72DAFF #9772FF

monochromatic

#F7BD00 #FFD035 #FFDE72 #FFECAF #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#FFDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE72

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE72	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.132 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe89d',
    500: '#ffde72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde72;
$custom-light: #ffe89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90706,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE72

secondary

#395FDC

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE72

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

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