#FFDE74#FFDE74

#FFDE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.131 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE74
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 54.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -1.17, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 55.52, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0054 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.131 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.5165, 74.7669, 27.2367)
Luminance	0.7476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE74 #7495FF

analogous

#FF9874 #FFDE74 #DBFF74

triadic

#FFDE74 #74FFDE #DE74FF

tetradic

#FFDE74 #74FF98 #7495FF #FF74DB

square

#FFDE74 #74FF98 #7495FF #FF74DB

split-complementary

#FFDE74 #74DBFF #9874FF

monochromatic

#F9BE00 #FFCF37 #FFDE74 #FFEDB1 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#FFDE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE74

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE74	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.131 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe89f',
    500: '#ffde74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde74;
$custom-light: #ffe89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9073,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE74

secondary

#3B61DC

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE74

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

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