#FFE277#FFE277

#FFE277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.131 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE277
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 119)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 53.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -2.95, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 55.40, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0102 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.131 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.7688, 76.9878, 28.5290)
Luminance	0.7699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE277 #7794FF

analogous

#FF9E77 #FFE277 #D8FF77

triadic

#FFE277 #77FFE2 #E277FF

tetradic

#FFE277 #77FF9E #7794FF #FF77D8

square

#FFE277 #77FF9E #7794FF #FF77D8

split-complementary

#FFE277 #77D8FF #9E77FF

monochromatic

#FCC600 #FFD53A #FFE277 #FFEFB4 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#FFE277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE277

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE277	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.131 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa1',
    500: '#ffe277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe277;
$custom-light: #ffeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91556,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE277

secondary

#3D5FDD

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE277

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

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