#FFE053#FFE053

#FFE053 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.158 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE053
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -4.31, 70.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 70.17, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0182 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.158 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4603, 75.1994, 19.0382)
Luminance	0.7520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE053 #5372FF

analogous

#FF8A53 #FFE053 #C8FF53

triadic

#FFE053 #53FFE0 #E053FF

tetradic

#FFE053 #53FF8A #5372FF #FF53C8

square

#FFE053 #53FF8A #5372FF #FF53C8

split-complementary

#FFE053 #53C8FF #8A53FF

monochromatic

#D8B100 #FFD516 #FFE053 #FFEB90 #FFF6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFE053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#FFE053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE053

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE053	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.158 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe98a',
    500: '#ffe053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe053;
$custom-light: #ffe98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.186,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90794,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE053

secondary

#2544D1

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE053

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

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