#FFDF50#FFDF50

#FFDF50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.160 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDF50
RGB	rgb(255, 223, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -3.96, 70.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 71.04, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0175 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.16 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.0790, 74.6181, 18.3520)
Luminance	0.7461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDF50 #5070FF

analogous

#FF8850 #FFDF50 #C7FF50

triadic

#FFDF50 #50FFDF #DF50FF

tetradic

#FFDF50 #50FF88 #5070FF #FF50C7

square

#FFDF50 #50FF88 #5070FF #FF50C7

split-complementary

#FFDF50 #50C7FF #8850FF

monochromatic

#D5AE00 #FFD413 #FFDF50 #FFEA8D #FFF5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#FFDF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDF50

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDF50	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 223, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.160 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe889',
    500: '#ffdf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdf50;
$custom-light: #ffe889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.029,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90572,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDF50

secondary

#2444CF

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDF50

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

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