#FFE253#FFE253

#FFE253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.160 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE253
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 67.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -5.32, 70.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 70.75, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0211 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.16 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.0010, 76.2807, 19.2184)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE253 #5370FF

analogous

#FF8C53 #FFE253 #C6FF53

triadic

#FFE253 #53FFE2 #E253FF

tetradic

#FFE253 #53FF8C #5370FF #FF53C6

square

#FFE253 #53FF8C #5370FF #FF53C6

split-complementary

#FFE253 #53C6FF #8C53FF

monochromatic

#D8B300 #FFD816 #FFE253 #FFEC90 #FFF7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#FFE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE253

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE253	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.160 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8a',
    500: '#ffe253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe253;
$custom-light: #ffea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.884,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91193,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE253

secondary

#2542D1

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE253

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

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