#FFE272#FFE272

#FFE272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.135 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE272
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -3.34, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 57.67, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0119 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.135 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.4764, 76.8709, 26.9889)
Luminance	0.7687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE272 #728FFF

analogous

#FF9C72 #FFE272 #D5FF72

triadic

#FFE272 #72FFE2 #E272FF

tetradic

#FFE272 #72FF9C #728FFF #FF72D5

square

#FFE272 #72FF9C #728FFF #FF72D5

split-complementary

#FFE272 #72D5FF #9C72FF

monochromatic

#F7C400 #FFD535 #FFE272 #FFEFAF #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#FFE272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE272

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE272	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.135 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#ffe272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe272;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91496,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE272

secondary

#395BDC

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE272

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

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