#FFDE77#FFDE77

#FFDE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.128 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE77
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 119)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 53.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -0.93, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 54.15, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0044 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.128 92)
XYZ	xyz(70.6938, 74.8378, 28.1706)
Luminance	0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE77 #7798FF

analogous

#FF9A77 #FFDE77 #DCFF77

triadic

#FFDE77 #77FFDE #DE77FF

tetradic

#FFDE77 #77FF9A #7798FF #FF77DC

square

#FFDE77 #77FF9A #7798FF #FF77DC

split-complementary

#FFDE77 #77DCFF #9A77FF

monochromatic

#FCBF00 #FFCF3A #FFDE77 #FFEDB4 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#FFDE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE77

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE77	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.128 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a1',
    500: '#ffde77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde77;
$custom-light: #ffe8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90767,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.74834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE77

secondary

#3D64DD

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE77

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

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