#FFDF55#FFDF55

#FFDF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.156 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDF55
RGB	rgb(255, 223, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -3.70, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 69.10, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0163 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.156 96)
XYZ	xyz(69.2707, 74.6948, 19.3614)
Luminance	0.7469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDF55 #5575FF

analogous

#FF8A55 #FFDF55 #CAFF55

triadic

#FFDF55 #55FFDF #DF55FF

tetradic

#FFDF55 #55FF8A #5575FF #FF55CA

square

#FFDF55 #55FF8A #5575FF #FF55CA

split-complementary

#FFDF55 #55CAFF #8A55FF

monochromatic

#DAB100 #FFD318 #FFDF55 #FFEB92 #FFF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#FFDF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDF55

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDF55	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 223, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.156 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe88b',
    500: '#ffdf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdf55;
$custom-light: #ffe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90612,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.74691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDF55

secondary

#2546D3

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDF55

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

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