#FFE178#FFE178

#FFE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.129 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE178
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 52.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -2.37, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 54.62, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0084 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.129 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.5580, 76.4697, 28.7565)
Luminance	0.7647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE178 #7896FF

analogous

#FF9D78 #FFE178 #D9FF78

triadic

#FFE178 #78FFE1 #E178FF

tetradic

#FFE178 #78FF9D #7896FF #FF78D9

square

#FFE178 #78FF9D #7896FF #FF78D9

split-complementary

#FFE178 #78D9FF #9D78FF

monochromatic

#FDC400 #FFD33B #FFE178 #FFEFB5 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#FFE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE178

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE178	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.129 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa1',
    500: '#ffe178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe178;
$custom-light: #ffeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91371,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE178

secondary

#3E61DD

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE178

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

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