#FFE255#FFE255

#FFE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.158 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE255
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -5.21, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 69.97, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0206 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.158 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.0793, 76.3120, 19.6310)
Luminance	0.7631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE255 #5572FF

analogous

#FF8D55 #FFE255 #C7FF55

triadic

#FFE255 #55FFE2 #E255FF

tetradic

#FFE255 #55FF8D #5572FF #FF55C7

square

#FFE255 #55FF8D #5572FF #FF55C7

split-complementary

#FFE255 #55C7FF #8D55FF

monochromatic

#DAB400 #FFD818 #FFE255 #FFEC92 #FFF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#FFE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE255

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE255	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)

#F7DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.158 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8c',
    500: '#ffe255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe255;
$custom-light: #ffea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.765,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91209,
    "c": 0.15829,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE255

secondary

#2543D3

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE255

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

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