#FFE162#FFE162

#FFE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.148 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE162
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -3.95, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 64.37, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.0155 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.148 96)
XYZ	xyz(70.3729, 75.9957, 22.5148)
Luminance	0.7599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE162 #6280FF

analogous

#FF9362 #FFE162 #CFFF62

triadic

#FFE162 #62FFE1 #E162FF

tetradic

#FFE162 #62FF93 #6280FF #FF62CF

square

#FFE162 #62FF93 #6280FF #FF62CF

split-complementary

#FFE162 #62CFFF #9362FF

monochromatic

#E7BB00 #FFD525 #FFE162 #FFED9F #FFF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#FFE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE162

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE162	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.148 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea93',
    500: '#ffe162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe162;
$custom-light: #ffea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91126,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.75992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE162

secondary

#2C4DDA

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE162

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

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