Sun Yellow#FFDF22

#FFDF22 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.181 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Sun Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FFDF22
RGB	rgb(255, 223, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 87%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 86.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -5.55, 84.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 84.66, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0259 0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.181 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.9202, 74.1546, 12.2488)
Luminance	0.7415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDF22 #2242FF

analogous

#FF7122 #FFDF22 #B1FF22

triadic

#FFDF22 #22FFDF #DF22FF

tetradic

#FFDF22 #22FF71 #2242FF #FF22B1

square

#FFDF22 #22FF71 #2242FF #FF22B1

split-complementary

#FFDF22 #22B1FF #7122FF

monochromatic

#A78E00 #E4C300 #FFDF22 #FFE85F #FFF19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FFDF22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#FFDF22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDF22

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDF22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDF22	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6D900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdf22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 223, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.181 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe874',
    500: '#ffdf22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdf22;
$custom-light: #ffe874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdf22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.312,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9033,
    "c": 0.18115,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDF22

secondary

#1E32A8

accent

#48FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF1

border

#D7D5CB

text

#191609

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDF22

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

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