#FFE559#FFE559

#FFE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.158 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE559
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -6.49, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 69.30, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0238 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.158 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.0656, 78.0232, 20.7660)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE559 #5973FF

analogous

#FF9259 #FFE559 #C6FF59

triadic

#FFE559 #59FFE5 #E559FF

tetradic

#FFE559 #59FF92 #5973FF #FF59C6

square

#FFE559 #59FF92 #5973FF #FF59C6

split-complementary

#FFE559 #59C6FF #9259FF

monochromatic

#DEBB00 #FFDB1C #FFE559 #FFEF96 #FFF8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#FFE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE559

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE559	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.158 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8e',
    500: '#ffe559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe559;
$custom-light: #ffec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.602,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91842,
    "c": 0.15772,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE559

secondary

#2641D6

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE559

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

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