#FFE157#FFE157

#FFE157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.156 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE157
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -4.60, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 68.89, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0186 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.156 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.8888, 75.8020, 19.9650)
Luminance	0.7580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE157 #5775FF

analogous

#FF8D57 #FFE157 #C9FF57

triadic

#FFE157 #57FFE1 #E157FF

tetradic

#FFE157 #57FF8D #5775FF #FF57C9

square

#FFE157 #57FF8D #5775FF #FF57C9

split-complementary

#FFE157 #57C9FF #8D57FF

monochromatic

#DCB400 #FFD61A #FFE157 #FFEC94 #FFF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FFE157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE157

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE157	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.156 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8d',
    500: '#ffe157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe157;
$custom-light: #ffea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91026,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE157

secondary

#2645D5

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE157

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

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