#FFE278#FFE278

#FFE278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.130 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE278
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 52.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -2.87, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 54.95, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.57% -0.0099 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(91.57% 0.13 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.8292, 77.0120, 28.8469)
Luminance	0.7701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE278 #7895FF

analogous

#FF9E78 #FFE278 #D8FF78

triadic

#FFE278 #78FFE2 #E278FF

tetradic

#FFE278 #78FF9E #7895FF #FF78D8

square

#FFE278 #78FF9E #7895FF #FF78D8

split-complementary

#FFE278 #78D8FF #9E78FF

monochromatic

#FDC600 #FFD53B #FFE278 #FFEFB5 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#FFE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE278

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE278	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)

#F5DE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.130 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa1',
    500: '#ffe278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe278;
$custom-light: #ffeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91569,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE278

secondary

#3E60DD

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE278

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

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