#FFE457#FFE457

#FFE457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.158 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE457
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -6.10, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 69.79, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0229 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.158 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.7069, 77.4383, 20.2377)
Luminance	0.7743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE457 #5772FF

analogous

#FF9057 #FFE457 #C6FF57

triadic

#FFE457 #57FFE4 #E457FF

tetradic

#FFE457 #57FF90 #5772FF #FF57C6

square

#FFE457 #57FF90 #5772FF #FF57C6

split-complementary

#FFE457 #57C6FF #9057FF

monochromatic

#DCB800 #FFDA1A #FFE457 #FFEE94 #FFF8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#FFE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE457

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE457	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.158 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8d',
    500: '#ffe457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe457;
$custom-light: #ffec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91625,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE457

secondary

#2642D5

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE457

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

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