#FFD957#FFD957

#FFD957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.151 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD957
RGB	rgb(255, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -0.56, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 66.64, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.007 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.151 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.7765, 71.5776, 19.2609)
Luminance	0.7157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD957 #577DFF

analogous

#FF8557 #FFD957 #D1FF57

triadic

#FFD957 #57FFD9 #D957FF

tetradic

#FFD957 #57FF85 #577DFF #FF57D1

square

#FFD957 #57FF85 #577DFF #FF57D1

split-complementary

#FFD957 #57D1FF #8557FF

monochromatic

#DCAA00 #FFCB1A #FFD957 #FFE794 #FFF5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FFD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#FFD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD957

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD957	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)

#EFD647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.151 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe48c',
    500: '#ffd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd957;
$custom-light: #ffe48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89443,
    "c": 0.15076,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD957

secondary

#264DD5

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD957

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

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