#FFE259#FFE259

#FFE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.155 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE259
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -4.99, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 68.39, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0195 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.155 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.2427, 76.3774, 20.4917)
Luminance	0.7637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE259 #5976FF

analogous

#FF8F59 #FFE259 #C9FF59

triadic

#FFE259 #59FFE2 #E259FF

tetradic

#FFE259 #59FF8F #5976FF #FF59C9

square

#FFE259 #59FF8F #5976FF #FF59C9

split-complementary

#FFE259 #59C9FF #8F59FF

monochromatic

#DEB700 #FFD71C #FFE259 #FFED96 #FFF7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#FFE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE259

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE259	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)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.155 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea8e',
    500: '#ffe259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe259;
$custom-light: #ffea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.518,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91243,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE259

secondary

#2645D6

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE259

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

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