#FFD956#FFD956

#FFD956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.151 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD956
RGB	rgb(255, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -0.62, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 67.04, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0073 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.151 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.7360, 71.5613, 19.0472)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD956 #567CFF

analogous

#FF8556 #FFD956 #D1FF56

triadic

#FFD956 #56FFD9 #D956FF

tetradic

#FFD956 #56FF85 #567CFF #FF56D1

square

#FFD956 #56FF85 #567CFF #FF56D1

split-complementary

#FFD956 #56D1FF #8556FF

monochromatic

#DBA900 #FFCB19 #FFD956 #FFE793 #FFF5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FFD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#FFD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD956

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD956	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.151 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe48c',
    500: '#ffd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd956;
$custom-light: #ffe48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.509,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89434,
    "c": 0.15148,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD956

secondary

#254DD4

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD956

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

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