#FFE55A#FFE55A

#FFE55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.157 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE55A
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -6.43, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 68.90, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0235 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.157 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.1079, 78.0401, 20.9886)
Luminance	0.7804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE55A #5A74FF

analogous

#FF925A #FFE55A #C7FF5A

triadic

#FFE55A #5AFFE5 #E55AFF

tetradic

#FFE55A #5AFF92 #5A74FF #FF5AC7

square

#FFE55A #5AFF92 #5A74FF #FF5AC7

split-complementary

#FFE55A #5AC7FF #925AFF

monochromatic

#DFBC00 #FFDB1D #FFE55A #FFEF97 #FFF8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#FFE55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE55A

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE55A	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.157 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec8f',
    500: '#ffe55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe55a;
$custom-light: #ffec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.545,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9185,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE55A

secondary

#2642D7

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE55A

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

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