#FFE462#FFE462

#FFE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.150 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE462
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, -5.45, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 65.30, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0198 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.15 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.1910, 77.6319, 22.7875)
Luminance	0.7763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE462 #627DFF

analogous

#FF9662 #FFE462 #CBFF62

triadic

#FFE462 #62FFE4 #E462FF

tetradic

#FFE462 #62FF96 #627DFF #FF62CB

square

#FFE462 #62FF96 #627DFF #FF62CB

split-complementary

#FFE462 #62CBFF #9662FF

monochromatic

#E7BF00 #FFD925 #FFE462 #FFEF9F #FFF9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#FFE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE462

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE462	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.150 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec93',
    500: '#ffe462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe462;
$custom-light: #ffec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.682,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91724,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE462

secondary

#2C49DA

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE462

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

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