#FFD962#FFD962

#FFD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.142 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD962
RGB	rgb(255, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, 0.10, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 62.04, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0038 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.142 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.2607, 71.7712, 21.8107)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD962 #6288FF

analogous

#FF8B62 #FFD962 #D6FF62

triadic

#FFD962 #62FFD9 #D962FF

tetradic

#FFD962 #62FF8B #6288FF #FF62D6

square

#FFD962 #62FF8B #6288FF #FF62D6

split-complementary

#FFD962 #62D6FF #8B62FF

monochromatic

#E7AF00 #FFCA25 #FFD962 #FFE89F #FFF7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FFD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#FFD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD962

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD962	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.142 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe493',
    500: '#ffd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd962;
$custom-light: #ffe493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89547,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD962

secondary

#2C56DA

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD962

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

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