Butter Yellow#FFFD74

#FFFD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.928; OKLCH L 97.0% C 0.158 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Butter Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FFFD74
RGB	rgb(255, 253, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 54.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.14, -16.51, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.14, 66.66, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(96.96% -0.0494 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(96.96% 0.158 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(79.5199, 92.7737, 30.2378)
Luminance	0.9277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFD74 #7476FF

analogous

#FFB874 #FFFD74 #BBFF74

triadic

#FFFD74 #74FFFD #FD74FF

tetradic

#FFFD74 #74FFB8 #7476FF #FF74BB

square

#FFFD74 #74FFB8 #7476FF #FF74BB

split-complementary

#FFFD74 #74BBFF #B874FF

monochromatic

#F9F500 #FFFC37 #FFFD74 #FFFEB1 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FFFD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.55

#FFFD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFD74

19.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFD74	1.00	1.07	19.55	19.55
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fffd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 253, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.0% 0.158 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffda0',
    500: '#fffd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fffd74;
$custom-light: #fffda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fffd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 253,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96959,
    "c": 0.15796,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.92772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFD74

secondary

#3B3DDC

accent

#03E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFD74

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

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