#FFE173#FFE173

#FFE173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.134 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE173
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 54.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.02, -2.76, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.02, 56.90, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0101 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.134 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.2625, 76.3515, 27.2000)
Luminance	0.7635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE173 #7391FF

analogous

#FF9B73 #FFE173 #D7FF73

triadic

#FFE173 #73FFE1 #E173FF

tetradic

#FFE173 #73FF9B #7391FF #FF73D7

square

#FFE173 #73FF9B #7391FF #FF73D7

split-complementary

#FFE173 #73D7FF #9B73FF

monochromatic

#F8C300 #FFD436 #FFE173 #FFEEB0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#FFE173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE173

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE173	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)

#F5DD69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.134 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9e',
    500: '#ffe173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe173;
$custom-light: #ffea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9131,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE173

secondary

#3A5DDC

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE173

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

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