#FFDE78#FFDE78

#FFDE78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.127 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE78
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 52.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -0.85, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 53.69, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(90.78% -0.004 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(90.78% 0.127 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.7542, 74.8619, 28.4886)
Luminance	0.7486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE78 #7899FF

analogous

#FF9A78 #FFDE78 #DDFF78

triadic

#FFDE78 #78FFDE #DE78FF

tetradic

#FFDE78 #78FF9A #7899FF #FF78DD

square

#FFDE78 #78FF9A #7899FF #FF78DD

split-complementary

#FFDE78 #78DDFF #9A78FF

monochromatic

#FDBF00 #FFCF3B #FFDE78 #FFEDB5 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFDE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#FFDE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE78

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE78	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	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)

#F1DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.127 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a1',
    500: '#ffde78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde78;
$custom-light: #ffe8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9078,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE78

secondary

#3E65DD

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE78

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

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