#FFE355#FFE355

#FFE355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.159 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE355
RGB	rgb(255, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -5.71, 70.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 70.27, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.022 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.159 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.3520, 76.8574, 19.7219)
Luminance	0.7685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE355 #5571FF

analogous

#FF8E55 #FFE355 #C6FF55

triadic

#FFE355 #55FFE3 #E355FF

tetradic

#FFE355 #55FF8E #5571FF #FF55C6

square

#FFE355 #55FF8E #5571FF #FF55C6

split-complementary

#FFE355 #55C6FF #8E55FF

monochromatic

#DAB600 #FFD918 #FFE355 #FFED92 #FFF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#FFE355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE355

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE355	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)

#F8DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.159 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb8c',
    500: '#ffe355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe355;
$custom-light: #ffeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91409,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE355

secondary

#2542D3

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE355

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

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