#FFE055#FFE055

#FFE055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.157 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE055
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -4.21, 69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 69.39, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0177 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.157 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5386, 75.2307, 19.4507)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE055 #5574FF

analogous

#FF8B55 #FFE055 #C9FF55

triadic

#FFE055 #55FFE0 #E055FF

tetradic

#FFE055 #55FF8B #5574FF #FF55C9

square

#FFE055 #55FF8B #5574FF #FF55C9

split-complementary

#FFE055 #55C9FF #8B55FF

monochromatic

#DAB200 #FFD518 #FFE055 #FFEB92 #FFF6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFE055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#FFE055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE055

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE055	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.157 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe98b',
    500: '#ffe055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe055;
$custom-light: #ffe98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.059,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90811,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE055

secondary

#2545D3

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE055

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

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