#FFE472#FFE472

#FFE472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.137 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE472
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -4.35, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 58.32, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0148 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.137 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.0234, 77.9649, 27.1713)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE472 #728DFF

analogous

#FF9E72 #FFE472 #D3FF72

triadic

#FFE472 #72FFE4 #E472FF

tetradic

#FFE472 #72FF9E #728DFF #FF72D3

square

#FFE472 #72FF9E #728DFF #FF72D3

split-complementary

#FFE472 #72D3FF #9E72FF

monochromatic

#F7C700 #FFD835 #FFE472 #FFF0AF #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FFE472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FFE472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE472

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE472	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.137 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9e',
    500: '#ffe472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe472;
$custom-light: #ffec9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91893,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE472

secondary

#3958DC

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE472

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

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