#FFE356#FFE356

#FFE356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.158 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE356
RGB	rgb(255, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -5.66, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 69.88, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0217 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.158 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.3920, 76.8734, 19.9326)
Luminance	0.7687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE356 #5672FF

analogous

#FF8F56 #FFE356 #C7FF56

triadic

#FFE356 #56FFE3 #E356FF

tetradic

#FFE356 #56FF8F #5672FF #FF56C7

square

#FFE356 #56FF8F #5672FF #FF56C7

split-complementary

#FFE356 #56C7FF #8F56FF

monochromatic

#DBB600 #FFD919 #FFE356 #FFED93 #FFF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#FFE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE356

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE356	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)

#F8DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.158 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb8c',
    500: '#ffe356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe356;
$custom-light: #ffeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.059,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91417,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE356

secondary

#2542D4

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE356

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

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