#FFE456#FFE456

#FFE456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.159 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE456
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -6.16, 69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 70.18, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0232 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.159 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.6663, 77.4220, 20.0240)
Luminance	0.7742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE456 #5671FF

analogous

#FF9056 #FFE456 #C6FF56

triadic

#FFE456 #56FFE4 #E456FF

tetradic

#FFE456 #56FF90 #5671FF #FF56C6

square

#FFE456 #56FF90 #5671FF #FF56C6

split-complementary

#FFE456 #56C6FF #9056FF

monochromatic

#DBB800 #FFDA19 #FFE456 #FFEE93 #FFF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FFE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE456

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE456	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.159 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8c',
    500: '#ffe456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe456;
$custom-light: #ffec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.414,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91617,
    "c": 0.15907,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE456

secondary

#2541D4

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE456

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

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