#FFDF56#FFDF56

#FFDF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.155 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDF56
RGB	rgb(255, 223, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -3.65, 68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 68.70, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.016 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.155 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.3107, 74.7108, 19.5721)
Luminance	0.7471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDF56 #5676FF

analogous

#FF8B56 #FFDF56 #CBFF56

triadic

#FFDF56 #56FFDF #DF56FF

tetradic

#FFDF56 #56FF8B #5676FF #FF56CB

square

#FFDF56 #56FF8B #5676FF #FF56CB

split-complementary

#FFDF56 #56CBFF #8B56FF

monochromatic

#DBB100 #FFD319 #FFDF56 #FFEB93 #FFF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FFDF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#FFDF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDF56

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDF56	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)

#F5DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffdf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 223, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.155 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe88c',
    500: '#ffdf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffdf56;
$custom-light: #ffe88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffdf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.639,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9062,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDF56

secondary

#2546D4

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDF56

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

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