#FFE262#FFE262

#FFE262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.149 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE262
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.11, -4.45, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.11, 64.67, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0169 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.149 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.6440, 76.5379, 22.6051)
Luminance	0.7653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE262 #627FFF

analogous

#FF9462 #FFE262 #CEFF62

triadic

#FFE262 #62FFE2 #E262FF

tetradic

#FFE262 #62FF94 #627FFF #FF62CE

square

#FFE262 #62FF94 #627FFF #FF62CE

split-complementary

#FFE262 #62CEFF #9462FF

monochromatic

#E7BC00 #FFD725 #FFE262 #FFED9F #FFF9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#FFE262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE262

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE262	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.149 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea93',
    500: '#ffe262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe262;
$custom-light: #ffea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.917,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91325,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE262

secondary

#2C4CDA

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE262

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

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