#FFE55C#FFE55C

#FFE55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.156 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE55C
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -6.32, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 68.10, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.023 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.156 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.1942, 78.0746, 21.4430)
Luminance	0.7807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE55C #5C76FF

analogous

#FF935C #FFE55C #C8FF5C

triadic

#FFE55C #5CFFE5 #E55CFF

tetradic

#FFE55C #5CFF93 #5C76FF #FF5CC8

square

#FFE55C #5CFF93 #5C76FF #FF5CC8

split-complementary

#FFE55C #5CC8FF #935CFF

monochromatic

#E1BD00 #FFDB1F #FFE55C #FFEF99 #FFF9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#FFE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE55C

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE55C	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)

#FADF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.156 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec90',
    500: '#ffe55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe55c;
$custom-light: #ffec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91868,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE55C

secondary

#2643D9

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE55C

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

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