#FFE056#FFE056

#FFE056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.156 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE056
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -4.15, 68.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 68.99, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0174 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.156 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.5786, 75.2467, 19.6614)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE056 #5675FF

analogous

#FF8C56 #FFE056 #CAFF56

triadic

#FFE056 #56FFE0 #E056FF

tetradic

#FFE056 #56FF8C #5675FF #FF56CA

square

#FFE056 #56FF8C #5675FF #FF56CA

split-complementary

#FFE056 #56CAFF #8C56FF

monochromatic

#DBB300 #FFD519 #FFE056 #FFEB93 #FFF6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFE056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#FFE056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE056

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE056	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)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.156 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe98c',
    500: '#ffe056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe056;
$custom-light: #ffe98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.994,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90819,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE056

secondary

#2545D4

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE056

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

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