#FFE357#FFE357

#FFE357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.158 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE357
RGB	rgb(255, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -5.60, 69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 69.49, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.0215 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.158 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.4326, 76.8897, 20.1462)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE357 #5773FF

analogous

#FF8F57 #FFE357 #C7FF57

triadic

#FFE357 #57FFE3 #E357FF

tetradic

#FFE357 #57FF8F #5773FF #FF57C7

square

#FFE357 #57FF8F #5773FF #FF57C7

split-complementary

#FFE357 #57C7FF #8F57FF

monochromatic

#DCB700 #FFD91A #FFE357 #FFED94 #FFF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#FFE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE357

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE357	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.158 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb8d',
    500: '#ffe357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe357;
$custom-light: #ffeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91425,
    "c": 0.15763,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE357

secondary

#2643D5

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE357

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

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