#FFE172#FFE172

#FFE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.135 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE172
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -2.84, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 57.36, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0104 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.135 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.2053, 76.3286, 26.8986)
Luminance	0.7632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE172 #7290FF

analogous

#FF9B72 #FFE172 #D7FF72

triadic

#FFE172 #72FFE1 #E172FF

tetradic

#FFE172 #72FF9B #7290FF #FF72D7

square

#FFE172 #72FF9B #7290FF #FF72D7

split-complementary

#FFE172 #72D7FF #9B72FF

monochromatic

#F7C200 #FFD435 #FFE172 #FFEEAF #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#FFE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE172

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE172	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.135 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#ffe172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe172;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91298,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE172

secondary

#395CDC

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE172

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

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